Mathematical modelling of the antibiotic-induced morphological transition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Fig 5
The long term solution to the system (2)–(6), using parameter sets (a) Θ1 and (b) Θ2 from Table 3, with A0 = 2.
Parameter set Θ2 has a faster rate of antibiotic loss due to internalisation and this results in the antibiotic degrading from the system before it can sufficiently eliminate the bacteria. For higher concentrations of antibiotic we see the bacteria being eliminated by the antibiotic for both parameter sets (results omitted).