McComedy: A user-friendly tool for next-generation individual-based modeling of microbial consumer-resource systems.

ABSTRACT: Individual-based modeling is widely applied to investigate the ecological mechanisms driving microbial community dynamics. In such models, the population or community dynamics emerge from the behavior and interplay of individual entities, which are simulated according to a predefined set of rules. If the rules that govern the behavior of individuals are based on generic and mechanistically sound principles, the models are referred to as next-generation individual-based models. These models perform particularly well in recapitulating actual ecological dynamics. However, implementation of such models is time-consuming and requires proficiency in programming or in using specific software, which likely hinders a broader application of this powerful method. Here we present McComedy, a modeling

SUBMITTER: Bogdanowski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8830788 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature