Dataset for Internal stress drives ferromagnetic-like ordering in networks of proliferating bacteria

Dataset for “Internal stress drives ferromagnetic-like ordering in networks of proliferating bacteria” (currently under review). A preprint is available on arXiv: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.23320 This dataset contains the experimental and simulation data associated with the above manuscript. The data can be explored and reproduced using the following Jupyter notebooks: ProbabilityDistribution_SpinModel.ipynbAnalysis of the probability distribution of the mean magnetization, supporting the mapping of bacterial flow onto an equilibrium spin model. ProbabilityDistribution_Correlations.ipynbAnalysis of the correlation functions of the mean magnetization, further supporting the mapping onto an equilibrium spin model. Code_runner.ipynbScript to run simulations of proliferating bacteria in confined networks (parallelized implementation). The core simulation code is provided in code_sim.py. Raw microscopy videos of bacterial growth in confined networks are not included due to their large size, but are available from the authors upon reasonable request.