Modeling population patterns of chemotactic bacteria in homogeneous porous media

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-91

  Centler, Florian ^a   Fetzer, Ingo ^a   Thullner, Martin ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chemotaxis; Ecosystem services; Individual based modeling; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMOTAXIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MICROHABITAT; MICROORGANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIODEGRADATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POROSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80051600920     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.07.024     Document Type: Article

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