Sarangam, Majumdar and Roy, Sisir
(2018)
Relevance of Quantum Mechanics in Bacterial Communication.
NeuroQuantology, 16 (3).
pp. 1-6.
| Abstract: |
The recent findings confirm that bacteria communicate each other through chemical and electrical signals. Bacteria
use chemical signaling molecules, which are called as quorum sensing molecules (QSMs) or autoinducers.
Moreover, the ion channels in bacteria conduct a long-range electrical signaling within biofilm communities
through propagated waves of potassium ions and biofilms attracts other bacterial species too. Both the
communication processes are used by bacteria to make their own survival strategies. In this article, we model this
bacterial communication mechanism by complex Ginzburg- Landau equation and discuss the formation of patterns
depending on kinematic viscosity associated with internal noise. Again, the potassium wave propagation is
described by the non-linear Schrödinger equation in a dissipative environment. By adding perturbation to nonlinear
Schrödinger equation one arrives at Complex Ginzburg-Landau equation. In this paper we emphasize that at
the cellular level(bacteria) we use Complex Ginzburg - Landau equation as a perturbed Non-linear Schrödinger
equation to understand the bacterial communication as well as pattern formation in Biofilms for certain range of
kinematic viscosity which can be tested in laboratory experiment. Here, the perturbation is due to the existence of non-thermal fluctuations associated to the finite size of the bacteria. It sheds new light on the relevance of quantum
formalism in understanding the cell-to-cell communication. |
| Item Type: |
Journal Paper
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| Keywords: |
Quorum Sensing Molecules (QSMs), Bacteria, Biofilms |
| Subjects: |
School of Humanities > Consciousness Studies |
| Divisions: |
Schools > Humanities |
| Date Deposited: |
28 Jan 2019 09:30 |
| Last Modified: |
28 Jan 2019 09:30 |
| Official URL: |
https://www.neuroquantology.com/index.php/journal/... |
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| DOI: |
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| URI: |
http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1720 |
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