# gst: the sleeping bacterium, shedding light on the resuscitation mechanism.

<< The revival mechanism in dormant bacteria is a puzzling and open issue. (AA) propose a model of information diffusion on a regular grid where agents represent bacteria and their mutual interactions implement quorum sensing. Agents may have different metabolic characteristics corresponding to multiple phenotypes. The intra/inter phenotype cooperation is analyzed under different metabolic and productivity conditions. (AA) study the interactions between rapidly reproducing active bacteria and non-reproducing quiescent bacteria (thus) highlight the conditions under which the quiescent bacteria may revive. The occurrence of revival is generally related to a change in environmental conditions. (AA) results support this picture showing that revival can be mediated by the presence of different catalyst bacteria that produce the necessary resources. >>️

Eleonora Alfinito, Matteo Beccaria. The sleeping bacterium: shedding light on the resuscitation mechanism. arXiv: 2501.09366v1 [physics.bio-ph]. Jan 16, 2025.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.09366

Also: pause, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, pause, sleep, dormant, quiescence, resuscitation, bacterium 

# behav: 'run and tumble' behavior (among bacteria)

<< Bacteria in groundwater move in surprising ways. They can passively ride flowing groundwater, or they can actively move on their own in what scientists call "run and tumble" behavior.  >>

AA << noted a distinct run (movement in one direction) followed by a tumble (a sudden, random change in direction). By calculating the length and timing of these movements, they could develop a simple Continuous Time Random Walk (CTRW) model to predict how the bacteria would move. When compared to current models for bacterial remediation, the CTRW model was better at predicting bacterial transport in many circumstances. The CTRW model is the first step in developing and testing new reactive transport models that incorporate bacterial transport behavior.  >>

Rishi Parashar. Calculating 'run and tumble' behavior of bacteria in groundwater. Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory. Oct 31, 2019. 

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-10-behavior-bacteria-groundwater.html  

Xueke Yang, Rishi Parashar, et al. On Modeling Ensemble Transport of Metal Reducing Motile Bacteria. Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 14638. Oct 10, 2019. 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51271-0