Biofilm modelling is highly relevant in various branches of industry, as well as in medicine. Whereas many biofilms can cause negative effects like biofouling, biocorrosion and microbial infections, some are active in useful technologies, like self-purification of water and soil remediation. This work presents two quasi-linear strongly coupled degenerate PDE systems that can model biofilm formation with chemotaxis effect present. For these models, we prove well-posedness and study their long-time behaviour.
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Biofilm modelling is highly relevant in various branches of industry, as well as in medicine. Whereas many biofilms can cause negative effects like biofouling, biocorrosion and microbial infections, some are active in useful technologies, like self-purification of water and soil remediation. This work presents two quasi-linear strongly coupled degenerate PDE systems that can model biofilm formation with chemotaxis effect present. For these models, we prove well-posedness and study their long-tim...
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