Continuum and discrete approach in modeling biofilm development and structure: a review

MR Mattei, L Frunzo, B D'acunto, Y Pechaud… - Journal of mathematical …, 2018 - Springer
The scientific community has recognized that almost 99% of the microbial life on earth is
represented by biofilms. Considering the impacts of their sessile lifestyle on both natural and …

Mathematical description of microbial biofilms

I Klapper, J Dockery - SIAM review, 2010 - SIAM
Mathematical Description of Microbial Biofilms Page 1 Copyright © by SIAM. Unauthorized
reproduction of this article is prohibited. SIAM REVIEW c 2010 Society for Industrial and Applied …

A modeling and simulation study of the role of suspended microbial populations in nitrification in a biofilm reactor

A Mašić, HJ Eberl - Bulletin of mathematical biology, 2014 - Springer
Many biological wastewater treatment processes are based on bacterial biofilms, ie layered
aggregates of microbial populations deposited on surfaces. Detachment and (re-) …

On the uncertainty of initial condition and initialization approaches in variably saturated flow modeling

D Yu, J Yang, L Shi, Q Zhang, K Huang… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2019 - hess.copernicus.org
Soil water movement has direct effects on environment, agriculture and hydrology.
Simulation of soil water movement requires accurate determination of model parameters as …

Longtime behavior of one-dimensional biofilm models with shear dependent detachment rates

F Abbas, R Sudarsan, HJ Eberl - Mathematical Biosciences & …, 2012 - aimsciences.org
We investigate the role of non shear stress and shear stressed based detachment rate
functions for the longterm behavior of one-dimensional biofilm models. We find that the …

[HTML][HTML] Qualitative analysis and simulations of a free boundary problem for multispecies biofilm models

B D'Acunto, L Frunzo - Mathematical and computer modelling, 2011 - Elsevier
The work presents an analysis of solutions to a free boundary value problem for a
multispecies biofilm growth model in one space dimension. The mathematical model …

Persistence in a single species CSTR model with suspended flocs and wall attached biofilms

A Mašić, HJ Eberl - Bulletin of mathematical biology, 2012 - Springer
We consider a mathematical model for a bacterial population in a continuously stirred tank
reactor (CSTR) with wall attachment. This is a modification of the Freter model, in which we …

Effect of periodic disinfection on persisters in a one-dimensional biofilm model

NG Cogan, B Szomolay, M Dindos - Bulletin of mathematical biology, 2013 - Springer
It is well known that disinfection methods that successfully kill suspended bacterial
populations often fail to eliminate bacterial biofilms. Recent efforts to understand biofilm …

[HTML][HTML] Qualitative analysis of the moving boundary problem for a biofilm reactor model

B D'Acunto, L Frunzo, MR Mattei - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The work presents the qualitative analysis of the free boundary value problem related to a
biofilm reactor model. In the framework of continuum approach to mathematical modelling of …

Productivity and equilibrium in simple biofilm models

I Klapper - Bulletin of mathematical biology, 2012 - Springer
Biofilms are dense, sessile collections of microorganisms with complicated internal
structures. However, in many applications internal details are less important, rather basic …