Fig. 4From: Metabolic modeling of a chronic wound biofilm consortium predicts spatial partitioning of bacterial speciesPredictions after 1000 h for two species biofilms of thickness W = 80 μm with different species interaction mechanisms. Base case (BC): competition for the nutrients glucose and oxygen. Cross-feed (C-f): nutrient competition plus cross feeding of lactate, succinate and acetate. Lysis (Ly): nutrient competition plus P. aeruginosa mediated lysis of S. aureus. Aerotaxis (AT): nutrient competition plus P. aeruginosa chemotaxis towards oxygen. a-d Spatially resolved biomass concentrations and e P. aeruginosa (PA), S. aureus (SA), total biomass concentrations averaged across the biofilm and maximum thickness for the eight considered scenariosBack to article page