Theory of the Chemostat - Dynamics of Microbial Competition

Klappentext Basic modelling! analysis and simulation of systems that have proven effective in real ecological applications. Zusammenfassung This book gives a theoretical treatment of the competition between different strains of micro-organisms consuming a single nutrient in a common laboratory device called a chemostat. Mathematical analysis using tools of dynamical systems leads to general and testable predictions of the behaviour of real ecological and biotechnology systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The simple chemostat; 2. The general chemostat; 3. Competition on three trophic levels; 4. The chemostat with an inhibitor; 5. The simple gradostat; 6. The general gradostat; 7. The chemostat with periodic washout rate; 8. Variable yield models; 9. A size-structured competition model; 10. New directions; 11. Open questions; Appendix A. Matrices and their eigenvalues; Appendix B. Differential inequalities; Appendix C. Monotone systems; Appendix D. Persistence; Appendix E. Some techniques in nonlinear analysis; Appendix F. A convergence theorem.

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• Authors: Hal L. Smith, Hal L. (Arizona State University) Waltman Smith, Hal L. Waltman Smith, Paul Waltman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.2008
• EAN: 9780521067348
• ISBN: 978-0-521-06734-8
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Mathemati
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries