title: Front propagation speeds of T7 virus mutants.
abstract: We propose a new reaction-diffusion model with an eclipse time to study the spread of viruses on bacterial populations. This new model is both biologically and physically sound, unlike previous ones. We determine important parameter values from experimental data, such as the one-step growth. We verify the proposed model by comparing theoretical and experimental data of the front propagation speed for several T7 virus strains.
authors: Complex Systems Laboratory, Departament de Física, Universitat de Girona, 17071 Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Electronic address: victor.lopezd@udg.edu.
authors: V L
authors: VL
authors: de Rioja
authors: Complex Systems Laboratory, Departament de Física, Universitat de Girona, 17071 Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
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authors: Complex Systems Laboratory, Departament de Física, Universitat de Girona, 17071 Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
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authors: Isern
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017123:Bacteriophage T7 / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004058:Diffusion; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000821:virology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation; D014779:Virus Replication
keywords: Biophysics; Front propagation; Mathematical model; Reaction–diffusion equations; Virus dynamics