Spatio-temporal modeling of the crowding conditions and metabolic variability in microbial communities
Fig 3
Availability of methionine and fitness as a function of the distance from the production point in crowded environments.
The microbial community was composed by E. coli ΔmetB and methionine-secreting mutant of S. enterica. (A) Schematic representation of the spatial distribution of the species. (B) Average amount of methionine available per box (inset) enlarged graph assuming that E. coli cells are inactive, and (C) fitness of active E. coli cells (inset) enlarged graph at different crowding conditions. Error bars show the standard deviation in the system (one independent simulations).