Overview of mathematical approaches used to model bacterial chemotaxis II: bacterial populations.

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We review the application of mathematical modeling to understanding the behavior of populations of chemotactic bacteria. The application of continuum mathematical models, in particular generalized Keller-Segel models, is discussed along with attempts to incorporate the microscale (individual) behavior on the macroscale, modeling the interaction between different species of bacteria, the interaction of bacteria with their environment, and methods used to obtain experimentally verified paramete...

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Authors: Tindall, M; Maini, P; Porter, S; Armitage, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Bulletin of mathematical biology
• Volume: 70
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1570-1607
• Publication date: 2008-08-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s11538-008-9322-5
• EISSN: 1522-9602
• ISSN: 0092-8240
• Language: English
• Keywords: Chemotaxis; Environment; Ecosystem; Models, Biological; Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; Biodiversity; Escherichia coli; Algorithms