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The Effect of Leachate Recycling on the Dynamics of Two Competing Bacteria with an Obligate One-Way Beneficial Relationship in a Chemostat

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  • Hanan H. Almuashi

    (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Jeddah, P.O. Box 80327, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Nada A. Almuallem

    (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Jeddah, P.O. Box 80327, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Miled El Hajji

    (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Jeddah, P.O. Box 80327, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

In the present work, we study a simple mathematical model that describes the competition of two bacterial species with an obligate one-way beneficial relationship for a limited substrate in a bioreactor associated with leachate recirculation. The substrate is present into two forms, insoluble and soluble substrates, where the latter is consumed by the two competing bacteria, which have two general nonlinear growth rates. The reduction of the model to a 2D one facilitates the study of the nature of the equilibrium points. The dynamic system admits multiple steady states. We provide necessary and sufficient conditions on the added insoluble and soluble substrates and the dilution rate to guarantee the existence, uniqueness, and local and global stability of such steady states. It is deduced that the coexistence of both bacteria is possible, which contradicts the competitive exclusion principle. In the second step, we propose an optimal control on the leachate recirculation rate that reduces the organic matter inside the reactor. Finally, we provide some numerical examples that corroborate and reinforce the theoretical findings.

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  • Hanan H. Almuashi & Nada A. Almuallem & Miled El Hajji, 2024. "The Effect of Leachate Recycling on the Dynamics of Two Competing Bacteria with an Obligate One-Way Beneficial Relationship in a Chemostat," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(23), pages 1-19, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:12:y:2024:i:23:p:3819-:d:1535278
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    1. Amer Hassan Albargi & Miled El Hajji, 2023. "Bacterial Competition in the Presence of a Virus in a Chemostat," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-17, August.
    2. Wade, M.J. & Harmand, J. & Benyahia, B. & Bouchez, T. & Chaillou, S. & Cloez, B. & Godon, J.-J. & Moussa Boudjemaa, B. & Rapaport, A. & Sari, T. & Arditi, R. & Lobry, C., 2016. "Perspectives in mathematical modelling for microbial ecology," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 321(C), pages 64-74.
    3. Abdulrahman Ali Alsolami & Miled El Hajji, 2023. "Mathematical Analysis of a Bacterial Competition in a Continuous Reactor in the Presence of a Virus," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-18, February.
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