Bacterial debris - An ecological mechanism for coexistence of bacteria and their viruses

Avinoam Rabinovitch; Ira Aviram; Arieh Zaritsky

doi:10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00174-7

Bacterial debris - An ecological mechanism for coexistence of bacteria and their viruses

Avinoam Rabinovitch, Ira Aviram, Arieh Zaritsky

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Abstract

A model of bacteria and phage survival is developed based on the idea of shielding by bacterial debris in the system. This model is mathematically formulated by a set of four nonlinear difference equations for susceptible bacteria, contaminated bacteria, bacterial debris and phages. Simulation results show the possibility of survival, and domains of existence of stable and unstable solutions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	377-383
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Theoretical Biology
Volume	224
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00174-7
State	Published - 7 Oct 2003

Keywords

Bacterial debris
Survival in bacteriophage environment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Statistics and Probability
Modeling and Simulation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)
Immunology and Microbiology (all)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)
Applied Mathematics

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