A Multi-Skilled Mathematical Model of Bacterial Attachment in Initiation of Biofilms.

ABSTRACT: The initial step of biofilm formation is bacteria attachment to biotic or abiotic surfaces and other bacteria through intra or interspecies interactions. Adhesion can be influenced by physicochemical conditions of the environment, such as iron. There is no available mathematical model of bacterial attachment giving realistic initiation rather than random adhesion. We describe a simple stochastic attachment model, from the simplest case in two dimensions with one bacterial species attaching on a homogeneous flat surface to more complex situations, with either several bacterial species, inhomogeneous or non-flat surfaces, or in three dimensions. The model depends on attachment probabilities (on the surface, laterally, or vertically on bacteria). Effects of each of these parameters were analy

SUBMITTER: Chathoth K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9029265 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature