Supplementary materials for the publication:

​Modeling the Synchronization of the Movement of Bacillaria paxillifer by a Kuramoto Model with Time Delay

Author: Thomas Harbich

Chapter 8 in the book:

The Mathematical Biology of Diatoms (Diatoms: Biology and  Applications) Janice L. Pappas (Editor), Richard Gordon (Series Editor), Joseph Seckbach (Series Editor), Wiley-Scrivener; Wiley-Scrivener;  First published: 21 April 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119751939.ch8

Mechanical stimulation

In both videos (real time), an optical fiber is placed vertically on a colony at rest. The diatoms of the colony start moving without a  noticeable phase shift. The two videos differ in that in one case the  colony breaks up, while in the other the structure remains intact.

Supplementary material

• Restoration of the structure of a Colony
• Movement of a single diatom
• Stimulation by glass Fiber
• Cell division within a Colony
• Typical movement of a Colony
• Identical natural frequencies
• Periodic illumination
  

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