The theory of the chemostat: dynamics of microbial competition

The chemostat is a basic piece of laboratory apparatus, yet it has occupied an increasingly central role in ecological studies. The ecological environment created by a chemostat is one of the few completely controlled experimental systems for testing microbial growth and competition. As a tool in bi...

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Beteiligte Personen: Smith, Hal L. 1947- (VerfasserIn), Waltman, Paul E. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1995
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in mathematical biology 13
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511530043
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511530043
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511530043
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511530043
Zusammenfassung:The chemostat is a basic piece of laboratory apparatus, yet it has occupied an increasingly central role in ecological studies. The ecological environment created by a chemostat is one of the few completely controlled experimental systems for testing microbial growth and competition. As a tool in biotechnology, the chemostat plays an important role in bioprocessing. This book presents the theory of the chemostat as a model for larger ecological problems such as food chains, competition along a gradient, competition in the presence of an inhibitor, and the effects of time varying inputs. Models which take account of size structure, variable yields, and diffusion are also considered. The basic phenomena are modelled and analysed using the dynamical systems approach. Directions for research and open problems are discussed. Six appendices provide an elementary description of the necessary mathematical tools. Teachers, researchers, and students in applied mathematics, chemical engineering and ecology will find this book a welcome resource
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Umfang:1 online resource (xvi, 313 pages)
ISBN:9780511530043
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511530043