Optimal resting-growth strategies of microbial populations in fluctuating environments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Geisel, Nico ^a,b   Vilar, Jose M G ^c,d   Rubi, J Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DORMANCY; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; STATISTICS; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; DOWN-REGULATION; ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79954483631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018622     Document Type: Article

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