Are there growth models of commensal and pathogenic bacteria?

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Luigi Marongiu

For the moment i have found these:

DOI: 10.3390/vetsci5040093

DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.08.043

DOI: 10.1186/s12917-018-1771-y

DOI: 10.3390/foods9030331

DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02877.x

Is there anything better?

Of these, only the second matches the question...

I also found this: DOI: 10.1128/jb.113.2.834-840.1973