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On the analysis of microbiological processes by Monte Carlo simulation techniques

J. Bermúdez , D. López 1, J. Valls 2 and J. Wagensberg 3,4

Fisica Médica, Facultant de Medicina, University de Barcelona, Zona Universitá Pedrables 08028 Barcelona
1Escola Superior d'Agricultura Urgel 187, 08036-Barcelona
2Dpt. Física i Enginyeria Nuclear Facultat d'Informática, Universitat Polité de Catalunya c/Pau Gargallo 5, 08028-Barcelona
3Dpt. Fisica Fonamental, Facultat de Fisica, Universitat de Barcelona Diagonal 647, 08028-Barcelona, Spain

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The Barcelonagram is a Monte Carlo simulator recently designed in order to take account of the behaviour of living systems. In this paper we apply this technique to real bacterial growth in different and significant experimental conditions, namely (i) the growth of the Serratia marcescens in a minimal glucose-limited medium, (ii) the temperature effect on the anaerobic growth of the same strain, (iii) the growth of the Escherichia coli in a minimal medium and (iv) the normal specific growth rate of bacterial populations against the available substrate concentration. In the context of these different cases we discuss the diverse contributions of these simulated results to the understanding of the microbiological processes and the general reliability of the simulation considered as a third alternative besides both (and together with!) experience and mathematical modelling.

Received on August 31, 1988; accepted on June 6, 1989

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