Density-dependent recycling promotes the long-term survival of bacterial populations during periods of starvation

mBio

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Takano, Sotaro ^a   Pawlowska, Bogna J ^b   Gudel, Ivana ^b   Yomo, Tetsuya ^a,c   Tsuru, Saburo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION GROWTH; SIMULATION; STARVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 85014850829     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02336-16     Document Type: Article

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