Complex dynamics of microbial competition in the gradostat

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-46

  Gaki, Alexandra ^a   Theodorou, Alexandros ^a   Vayenas, Dimitris V ^b   Pavlou, Stavros ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gradostat; Microbial competition; Spatial heterogeneity; Substrate inhibition

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION THEORIES; CHAOTIC STATES; COMPLEX DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; DOUBLINGS; GRADOSTAT; LIMIT CYCLES; MICROBIAL COMPETITION; MICROBIAL GROWTHS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MICROBIAL SYSTEMS; MULTISTABILITY; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PERIODIC STATES; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITIES; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STABLE STEADY STATES;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHEMOSTATS; COMPETITION; DYNAMICS; GROWTH KINETICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

SUBSTRATES;

ARTICLE; CHEMOSTAT; GRADOSTAT; GROWTH RATE; INSTRUMENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOREACTORS; KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 57549114878     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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