Abstract
Huge numbers of microbes coexist in almost all habitats of our planet. Their interactions are governed by complex mechanisms, where both competition for resources and toxin production play important roles. Our goal is to understand key mechanisms that lead to coexistence. In this chapter we study many possible scenarios of microbial interactions and we analyze whether or not they can lead to coexistence of species. To achieve this we implemented agent- based models that mimic local dynamics of microbes; initially well mixed microbes from different species interact in a grid with a regular structure. Among others, we show that the coexistence rate is negatively correlated with the number of neighbors of each cell in the grid. Another observation is that the order of selection of focal cells in the grid influences the coexistence rate.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Advances in Dynamic and Evolutionary Games |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 267-282 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319280127 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | Symposium of the International-Society-of-Dynamic-Games (ISGD) - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 9 Jul 2014 → 12 Jul 2014 https://www.gerad.ca/colloques/isdg2014/ |
Publication series
Series | Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games |
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Volume | 14 |
Symposium
Symposium | Symposium of the International-Society-of-Dynamic-Games (ISGD) |
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Country/Territory | Netherlands |
City | Amsterdam |
Period | 9/07/14 → 12/07/14 |
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Keywords
- Local dynamics
- Bacterial strains
- Agent based model
- Game theory
- BIODIVERSITY
- COMMUNICATION
- NETWORKS
- PROMOTES