A model of microbial growth in a plug flow reactor with wall attachment

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-126

  Ballyk, Mary ^a   Smith, Hal ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial wall growth; Gut; Plug flow

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MICROORGANISM; MODELING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOREACTOR; INTESTINE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NUTRIENT; PIPELINE; STEADY STATE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032933556     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(99)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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