A three-dimensional, stochastic simulation of biofilm growth and transport-related factors that affect structure

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2859-2871

  Chang, Ivan ^a   Gilbert, Eric S ^b   Eliashberg, Natalya ^a   Keasling, Jay D ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0142011070     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26211-0     Document Type: Article

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