Spatiotemporal metabolome data from Bacillus subtilis swarm development

Metabolome data and associated Matlab code used in the scientific article "Simultaneous spatiotemporal transcriptomics and microscopy of Bacillus subtilis swarm development reveal cooperation across generations" by the following authors: Hannah Jeckel*, Kazuki Nosho*, Konstantin Neuhaus, Alasdair D. Hastewell, Dominic J. Skinner, Dibya Saha, Niklas Netter, Nicole Paczia, Jörn Dunkel, Knut Drescher. The symbol "*" indicates an equal contribution.

The Excel files AminoAcidResults.xslx and OrganicAcidResults.xlsx list raw data containing the positon and timepoints of sampling as well as metabolite concentrations given in µM. More details about these files are given in a ReadMe.txt file.

The Excel file nSamples.xlsx summarizes the number of samples for each mean calculated during plotting.

There are two m-files with Matlab code, which are used for plotting the metabolite data. To plot metabolite concentrations over time, open "displayData.m" and select the raw data file in lines 5 and 6. Then choose a path to save your data in line 9. Execute the Matlab script to obtain graphs.