Effect of temperature on the cannibalistic behavior of Bacillus subtilis.
Bacillus subtilis resorts to cannibalism to delay sporulation under severe nutritional limitation. We report the effect of temperature on the dynamics of cannibalism demonstrated by B. subtilis. A model consisting of a delay differential equation may explain the effect of temperature on the dynamics of cannibalism.
Nandy
Subir Kumar
SK
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India.
Prasad
Vinay
V
Venkatesh
K V
KV
D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D050296:Microbial Viability; D013696:Temperature