Maintenance affects the stability of a two-tiered microbial 'food chain'?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-41

  Xu, Aiping ^a   Dolfing, Jan ^a   Curtis, Thomas P ^a   Montague, Gary ^a   Martin, Elaine ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic wastewater treatment; Dimensionless transformation; Maintenance; Stability; Syntrophy

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; HYDROGEN; PROPIONIC ACID;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DIGESTION; FOOD CHAIN; MAINTENANCE; MICROBIAL LOOP; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL VIABILITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FOOD CHAIN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACETATES; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROGEN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROPIONIC ACIDS;

EID: 79951565020     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.01.026     Document Type: Article

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