• DocumentCode
    1425453
  • Title

    Nonlinear population dynamics in the chemostat

  • Author

    Grivet, Jean-philippe

  • Author_Institution
    Centre de Biophys. Moleculaire, Orleans Univ., France
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    55
  • Abstract
    The author describes the chemostat, a device used to study bacterial populations under nutrient-limited conditions. The article shows that a simple criterion can help predict which species survive in the long run, an example of the principle of mutual exclusion
  • Keywords
    biochemistry; biological techniques; cellular biophysics; ecology; microorganisms; bacterial populations; chemostat; mutual exclusion; nonlinear population dynamics; nutrient-limited conditions; Biological system modeling; Biomass; Bioreactors; Differential equations; Genetic mutations; Inductors; Microorganisms; Organisms; Steady-state; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/5992.895187
  • Filename
    895187