Probabilistic transition from unstable predator-prey interaction to stable coexistence of Dictyostelium discoideum and Escherichia coli

BioSystems

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-347

  Kihara, Kumiko ^a   Mori, Kotaro ^a   Suzuki, Shingo ^a   Hosoda, Kazufumi ^a   Yamada, Akito ^a   Matsuyama, Shin ichi ^a   Kashiwagi, Akiko ^b   Yomo, Tetsuya ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium discoideum; Escherichia coli; Phenotypic change; Predator prey; Spatial distribution; Transition to stable state

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM COLONY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79751533736     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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