Model intestinal microflora in computer simulation: A simulation and modeling package for host-microflora interactions

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1077-1085

  Wilkinson, Michael H F ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Human intestines; Intestinal micorflora; Microbial ecology; Parallel computing

Indexed keywords

MICROFLORA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROFLORA; MODEL; PARALLEL DESIGN;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036786829     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2002.803548     Document Type: Article

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