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The Theory of the Chemostat: Dynamics of Microbial Competition

The Theory of the Chemostat: Dynamics of Microbial Competition

Smith, Hal L.
Waltman, Paul

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Mathematical Biology, Book 13

EvolutionGeneral Mathematics

ISBN10: 0521067340
ISBN13: 9780521067348
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Jun 26 2008
Pages: 332
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The chemostat is a basic piece of laboratory apparatus, yet it has begun to occupy 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. Mathematical models that take account of size structure, variable yields, and diffusion are also considered. The basic phenomena are modeled and analyzed using the dynamical systems approach. New directions for research and open problems are discussed. Six appendices provide an elementary description of the necessary mathematical tools.

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