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Model of a swarming colony: (1) swarming front, (2) phase of reduced motion, (3) motion increases in z-dimension, (4) new layers of highly motile cells form underneath the original layers, and (5) motion of cells on the surface layer sharply decreases with increasing thickness until static. Bacteria are able to freely move between the layers as indicated in the model.
