Experimental and Computational Investigation of Biofilm Formation by Rhodopseudomonas palustris Growth under Two Metabolic Modes
Fig 6
Effects of light-dependence parameters on depth of cell growth.
Model biofilms that are light-limited (low p and high I1/2) show decreased average biofilm cell depth. The scale for cell depth is shown with absolute values and in relation to the mean and standard deviation of a population of 102 light-independent samples taken with all other parameters held equal. A total of 96,000 samples were taken with fixed values α = 2, β = 1, b = 7, r = 1/ 2, and n1/2 = 0.25 Each sample was grown to the same total mass of 2 × 103 cells.