Quantifying the effects of the division of labor in metabolic pathways

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 360, Issue , 2014, Pages 222-242

  Harvey, Emily ^a,b   Heys, Jeffrey ^b   Gedeon, Tomáš ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemostat; Cross feeding; Mathematical modeling; Microbial ecology; Syntrophic consortia

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMOSTAT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MONOCULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

GLUCOSE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84905366865     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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