Perspectives in mathematical modelling for microbial ecology

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 321, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-74

  Wade, M J ^a   Harmand, J ^b,c   Benyahia, B ^d   Bouchez, T ^e   Chaillou, S ^f   Cloez, B ^b,g   Godon, J J ^b   Moussa Boudjemaa, B ^d   Rapaport, A ^c,g   Sari, T ^h   Arditi, R ⁱ   Lobry, C ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c INRIA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN   (Algeria)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^g UMR 729 MISTEA   (France)

^h UMR ITAP   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemostat; Density dependence; Mathematical modelling; Microbial ecology; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CHEMOSTATS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR TOOLS; PRACTICAL MODEL; REAL-WORLD;

ECOLOGY;

CHEMOSTAT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84947996312     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.11.002     Document Type: Review

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