Bacterial surface colonization, preferential attachment and fitness under periodic stress
Fig 3
Optimal preferential attachment threshold depends on protected density threshold.
A. Comparison of different preferential attachment thresholds (QPA), corresponding to different strategies, at various conditions differing in desiccation stress density thresholds QL. Each data-point is the mean of 10 simulations. Color indicates the fraction of planktonic cells from the entire population. Black circle marks the optimal strategy. B. Interpolated optimal attachment threshold QPA as a function of the desiccation stress density threshold QL.