BacSim – Simulator of Bacterial Growth

BacSim

:: DESCRIPTION

BacSim is a simulator for individual-based modelling of bacterial colony growth. The potential of this approach is in relating the properties of microscopic entities – cells – to the properties of macroscopic, complex systems such as biofilms. Here, the growth of a single Escherichia coli cell into a colony was studied.

::DEVELOPER

the Kreft Group at the University of Birmingham

:: SCREENSHOTS

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Windows / Linux / Mac OsX
  • Java

:: DOWNLOAD

BacSim the colony model and the biofilm/EPS models ; Java Source Code

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation:

Jan-Ulrich Kreft, Ginger Booth, and Julian W. T. Wimpenny (1998)
BacSim, a simulator for individual-based modelling of bacterial colony growth.
Microbiology 144:3275-3287.

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