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1 Myxobacteria movement Cell Tracking Tanya Kazakova University of Notre Dame Advisor: Dr. Mark Alber

2 About Myxobacteria The myxobacteria are Gram- negative organisms (0.5 x 5-7 mm rods) that are capable of multicellular, social behavior. In the presence of nutrients, swarms of myxobacteria feed cooperatively. If the food supply is limited, the myxobacteria form aggregates called “fruiting bodies.”

3 Developmental Cycle for Myxobacteria COUPLING CELL MOVEMENT TO MULTICELLULAR DEVELOPMENT IN MYXOBACTERIA by Dale Kaiser Nature Reviews Microbiology 1, 45-54 (2003)

4 AS Two engines of motility: A and S A+S+A+S+ A+S-A+S- A-S+A-S+ A Adventurous S Social Cells move as a groupCells move alone A - S - cells are unable to swarm or form fruiting bodies.

5 Two engines of motility (cont) S-motility The pilus extends ahead of a cell, adheres to the fibrils on the cells ahead of it and then retracts, pulling the leading end of the piliated cell forward. A-motility Cell is pushed by slime secretion. At any instant, only one end secretes slime and only one end assembles pili. One end cannot do both at the same time.

6 Scenario Suppose we have an image produced to exhibit the results of a biology experiment. In most cases, we will have a black and white drawing such as one exhibited on the left.

7 Goals General: Get the most information from the image Specific: –Track individual cells –Make cell density more obvious –Show the boundaries of expanding front –Get rid of noise

8 About Scion Image National Institutes of Health Package http://rsb.info.nih.gov/nih-image/

9 Using SI: Options -> Color Tables 8 Grays 8 Grays->Fire 1 Original Image Fire 1

10 Example

11 Cell Tracking Features

12 MATLAB

13 Example

14 Possible Directions for Future Work


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