Rule-based computing system for microbial interactions and communications: Evolution in virtual bacterial populations

BioSystems

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 216-230

  Gregory, R ^a   Saunders, V A ^b   Saunders, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Evolution; Genome; Individual based model (IbM); State machine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENOME; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; TOXICITY; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPUTER MODEL; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPECIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 37349083128     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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