Abstract：
:We propose a deterministic continuum model for mixed-culture biofilms. A crucial aspect is that movement of one species is affected by the presence of the other. This leads to a degenerate cross-diffusion system that generalizes an earlier single-species biofilm model. Two derivations of this new model are given. One, like cellular automata biofilm models, starts from a discrete in space lattice differential equation where the spatial interaction is described by microscopic rules. The other one starts from the same continuous mass balances that are the basis of other deterministic biofilm models, but it gives up a simplifying assumption of these models that has recently been criticized as being too restrictive in terms of ecological structure. We show that both model derivations lead to the same PDE model, if corresponding closure assumptions are introduced. To investigate the role of cross-diffusion, we conduct numerical simulations of three biofilm systems: competition, allelopathy and a mixed system formed by an aerobic and an anaerobic species. In all cases, we find that accounting for cross-diffusion affects local distribution of biomass, but it does not affect overall lumped quantities such as the total amount of biomass in the system.
journal_name
Bull Math Bioljournal_title
Bulletin of mathematical biologyauthors
Rahman KA,Sudarsan R,Eberl HJdoi
10.1007/s11538-015-0117-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-11-01 00:00:00pages
2086-124issue
11eissn
0092-8240issn
1522-9602pii
10.1007/s11538-015-0117-1journal_volume
77pub_type
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