Advancing microbial sciences by individual-based modelling

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 461-471

  Hellweger, Ferdi L ^a   Clegg, Robert J ^b   Clark, James R ^c   Plugge, Caroline M ^d   Kreft, Jan Ulrich ^b  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMOSTAT; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; INDIVIDUAL BASED MODEL; INDIVIDUALITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION; SYNECHOCOCCUS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; EVOLUTION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84973474463     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2016.62     Document Type: Review

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