Bacterial surface colonization, preferential attachment and fitness under periodic stress
Fig 5
Attachments with the optimal PA (QPA = 12) enrich yet-to-be protected aggregates or maintain already-protected aggregates.
Quantification of attachments of planktonic cells in various PA strategies, as a function of the local density at the attachment site. Histograms represent attachment events during the five day simulation (mean over 10 simulations). Standard errors are negligible in this scale.