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Properties of the chemostat model with aggregated biomass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2018

ALAIN RAPAPORT
ALAIN RAPAPORT*
Affiliation:
MISTEA, University of Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, France email: alain.rapaport@inra.fr
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We revisit the well-known chemostat model, considering that bacteria can be attached together in aggregates or flocs. We distinguish explicitly free and attached compartments in the model and give sufficient conditions for coexistence of these two forms. We then study the case of fast attachment and detachment and show how it is related to density-dependent growth functions. Finally, we give some insights concerning the cases of multi-specific flocs and different removal rates.

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European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 29 , Special Issue 6: Biofilms , December 2018 , pp. 972 - 990
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