Competition and coexistence in the chemostat∗
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The aim of this course is to describe the mathematical model of competition in the chemostat and to study various mechanisms of coexistence of species. Basically, the chemostat consists of a nutrient input, pumped at a constant rate into a well-mixed culture vessel. The culture vessel contains the microorganisms that are growing and competing for the nutrient. Volume is kept constant by pumping the mixed contents out at the same rate. when only one species is present in the chemostat, the model is written Ṡ = D(Sin − S)− q(S) Y x
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