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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

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Ernesto Villarreal; A multigroup model for predator-prey interactions. Biotechnology and Bioengineering XVII:1269-1290, 1975

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The predator-prey interaction between the protozoan Tetrahymena pyriformis and the bacterium Aerobacter aerogenes have been studied experimentally and mathematically. A mathematical model for the ciliates defines the mass distribution of cells within the population. The resulting model equations are solved by the use of multigroup theory. Experimental data from batch and continuous flow reactors are compared with the results of the numerical integration.