Environmental and ecological controls of the spatial distribution of microbial populations in aggregates.

ABSTRACT: In microbial communities, the ecological interactions between species of different populations are responsible for the spatial distributions observed in aggregates (granules, biofilms or flocs). To explore the underlying mechanisms that control these processes, we have developed a mathematical modelling framework able to describe, label and quantify defined spatial structures that arise from microbial and environmental interactions in communities. An artificial system of three populations collaborating or competing in an aggregate is simulated using individual-based modelling under different environmental conditions. In this study, neutralism, competition, commensalism and concurrence of commensalism and competition have been considered. We were able to identify interspecific segregation o

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Rabert E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9810174 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature