Spreading of non-motile bacteria on a hard agar plate: Comparison between agent-based and stochastic simulations
arXiv:1706.05186 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.96.052403
Abstract
We study spreading of a non-motile bacteria colony on a hard agar plate by using agent-based and continuum models. We show that the spreading dynamics depends on the initial nutrient concentration, the motility and the inherent demographic noise. Population fluctuations are inherent in an agent based model whereas, for the continuum model we model them by using a stochastic Langevin equation. We show that the intrinsic population fluctuations coupled with non-linear diffusivity lead to a transition from Diffusion Limited Aggregation (DLA) type morphology to an Eden-like morphology on decreasing the initial nutrient concentration.
arXiv comment11 pages, 7 figures
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