Is it selfish to be filamentous in biofilms? Individual-based modeling links microbial growth strategies with morphology using the new and modular iDynoMiCS 2.0
Fig 7
Growth curves corresponding to competitions of Rate Strategists (RS, blue) and Yield Strategists (YS, red) in Fig 6.
Duplicates are plotted with dashed lines. Divergence between replicates is most visible in panels g and p. In panel p, it is too early to definitely call the outcome of competition, but it is likely that RS would win given the biofilm structure after 3 weeks (Fig 6P).