Stochastic modeling of Pseudomonas syringae growth in the phyllosphere

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-116

  Perez Velazquez J ^a   Schlicht, R ^b   Dulla, G ^c   Hense, B A ^a   Kuttler, C ^d   Lindow, S E ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Birth death migration; Logistic growth; Pseudomonas syringae; Stochastic models of bacterial growth

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE DISTRIBUTION; AGGREGATE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIRTH-DEATH-MIGRATION; DIFFERENT SIZES; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS; LEAF SURFACES; LOGISTIC GROWTH; OBSERVED DATA; PHYLLOSPHERES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; STOCHASTIC MODELING;

BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

AGGREGATES;

BACTERIUM; GROWTH; GROWTH MODELING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MIGRATION; PATHOGEN; PHYLLOSPHERE; STOCHASTICITY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; EPIPHYTE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF SURFACE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROBABILITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STARVATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 84863423122     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: 18793134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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