Research Article

Oral Microbial Diversity Formed and Maintained through Decomposition Product Feedback Regulation and Delayed Responses

Table 2

Parameters in the CA model of microbial community succession in oral cavity.

NameParameterRange

Probability of entering lag phaseα1[0.7, 1]
Probability of entering lag phaseα2[0.3, 0.7]
Probability of entering lag phaseα3[0, 0.3]
Probability of entering lag phaseβ1[0, 0.3]
Probability of entering lag phaseβ2[0.3, 0.7]
Probability of entering lag phaseβ3[0.7, 1]
Probability of movem[0, 0.2]
Probability of death exceeding lag phasep[0.8, 1]
Probability of natural deathd[0.1, 0.3]
Lag phase timeLat[6, 10]
Maximum factorn[1, 3]
Initial kinds of microbial speciesN[5·102, 103]
Ration of collaborator richness to richness of initial microbial communityNp[0.4, 0.6]
Initial population of each microbial speciesM[104, 105]
Ration of collaborator cells to the total number of microbial cellsMp[0.3, 0.7]