Reaction-diffusion model of nutrient uptake in a biofilm: Theory and experiment

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-95

  Petroff, Alexander P ^a   Wu, Ting Di ^b,c   Liang, Biqing ^a   Mui, Jeannie ^d   Guerquin Kern, Jean Luc ^b,c   Vali, Hojatollah ^d   Rothman, Daniel H ^a   Bosak, Tanja ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c Centre Universitaire   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microbial mat; Static traps

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DIFFUSION; MICROBIAL MAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; INCUBATION TIME; ISOTOPE LABELING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CYANOBACTERIA; DIFFUSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 80052662010     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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