Transition to Quorum Sensing in an Agrobacterium Population: A Stochastic Model
Figure 6
Critical Extracellular Concentration of Autoinducer Depends on the Growth Rate of a Bacterial Population
The difference between the actual critical concentration Aec computed using the deterministic population model and the value predicted by the intracellular model Aec,∞ is plotted against the duration of cell cycle Tc (filled circles). As shown by the linear fit (solid line), Aec approaches Aec,∞ according to the power law Aec − Aec,∞∝T − 0.61c.