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Explaining Bacterial Dispersion on Leaf Surfaces with an Individual-Based Model (PHYLLOSIM)
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, 8 (10), PLoS ONE, 8(10), PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 10, p e75633 (2013), PLoS ONE, PloS one, vol 8, iss 10, PLoS ONE 8 (2013) 10, PLoS One, 8(10):e75633. Public Library of Science
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- PLOS, 2013.
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Abstract
- We developed the individual-based model PHYLLOSIM to explain observed variation in the size of bacterial clusters on plant leaf surfaces (the phyllosphere). Specifically, we tested how different ‘waterscapes’ impacted the diffusion of nutrients from the leaf interior to the surface and the growth of individual bacteria on these nutrients. In the ‘null’ model or more complex ‘patchy’ models, the surface was covered with a continuous water film or with water drops of equal or different volumes, respectively. While these models predicted the growth of individual bacterial immigrants into clusters of variable sizes, they were unable to reproduce experimentally derived, previously published patterns of dispersion which were characterized by a much larger variation in cluster sizes and a disproportionate occurrence of clusters consisting of only one or two bacteria. The fit of model predictions to experimental data was about equally poor (<br />PLoS ONE, 8 (10)<br />ISSN:1932-6203
- Subjects :
- Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management
General Science & Technology
growth
plant-microbe interactions
lcsh:Medicine
wettability
Bacterial growth
water availability
pseudomonas-syringae
03 medical and health sciences
Individual based
Goodness of fit
Theoretical
Models
Cluster (physics)
lcsh:Science
030304 developmental biology
0303 health sciences
Multidisciplinary
Bacteria
030306 microbiology
Chemistry
Ecology
lcsh:R
diffusion
Humidity
Models, Theoretical
Aquatische Ecologie en Waterkwaliteitsbeheer
colonization
Wageningen Marine Research
Plant Leaves
motility
international
detachment
biofilm formation
lcsh:Q
Biological system
Phyllosphere
Infection
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE, 8 (10), PLoS ONE, 8(10), PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 10, p e75633 (2013), PLoS ONE, PloS one, vol 8, iss 10, PLoS ONE 8 (2013) 10, PLoS One, 8(10):e75633. Public Library of Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9b1dec2f8b04a5102d70c046e402596c