Development of phage populations in a bacterial culture: a mathematical model.
A mathematical model for the interaction kinetic in phage-bacterium culture is proposed. An appropriate analytical relationship between phage and bacterial concentrations has been derived. Characteristic kinetic constants have been obtained by comparing the experimental growth curves with computer-simulation analysis. The model allows also to evaluate the phage-yield as a function of the initial concentrations.
D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000502:physiology*; D003090:Coliphages / Q000502:physiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000502:physiology; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D014779:Virus Replication