@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-132-7-2057, author = "Fraleigh, Steven P. and Bungay, Henry R.", title = "Modelling of Nutrient Gradients in a Bacterial Colony", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1986", volume = "132", number = "7", pages = "2057-2060", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-132-7-2057", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-132-7-2057", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Summary: Oxygen and substrate gradients were simulated with a finite-volume method for a variety of bacterial colony sizes and substrate concentrations. A spherical segment geometry and a Monod relationship for simultaneous substrate and O2 consumption were assumed. The results agreed well with previous theoretical and experimental estimates for gradients in microbial colonies.", }