Numerical and experimental investigation of multi-species bacterial co-aggregation.

ABSTRACT: This paper deals with the mathematical modeling of bacterial co-aggregation and its numerical implementation in a FEM framework. Since the concept of co-aggregation refers to the physical binding between cells of different microbial species, a system composed of two species is considered in the modeling framework. The extension of the model to an arbitrary number of species is straightforward. In addition to two-species (multi-species growth) dynamics, the transport of a nutritional substance and the extent of co-aggregation are introduced into the model as the third and fourth primary variables. A phase-field modeling approach is employed to describe the co-aggregation between the two species. The mathematical model is three-dimensional and fully based on the continuum description of the

SUBMITTER: Soleimani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10363141 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature