Generalized logistic model of bacterial growth

Anna Lo Grasso, Ada Fort, Fariba Fahmideh Mahdizadeh, Agnese Magnani and Chiara Mocenni

Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems, 2023, vol. 29, issue 1, 169-185

Abstract: This work proposes a new mathematical model describing the dynamics of growing bacterial cultures. The model, described by a first order non-linear differential equation, as a generalization of the logistic equation, was compared with the most studied mathematical models. All models were numerically implemented and fitted to the experimental data, collected from the incubation of a bacterial strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens, to obtain the growth parameters. The experimental data showed the lowest fit error for both the Baranyi–Roberts and new models, which turned out to be equivalent. Simulations of the fitting algorithm were also implemented and repeated for a large number of initial guesses of the parameters, chosen in order to test the fitting and convergence performances. The innovative feature that makes the new model easier to use than Baranyi–Roberts model is definitely its simple and manageable analytical form and its good performance in terms of convergence time.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/13873954.2023.2236681

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