Microbial population dynamics example

Such differences in the amount and type of rhizodeposition that occur on the root with time result in concomitant variations in microbial populations in the rhizosphere, both within the root (endorhizosphere), on the surface of the root (rhizoplane), and in the soil adjacent to the root (ectorhizosphere). The general microbial population changes and specific interaction of individual compounds from specific plants or groups of plants with individual microbial species are covered in detail elsewhere (Chap. 4). Consequently, this chapter is restricted to consideration of methodologies used to study carbon flow and microbial population dynamics in the rhizosphere, drawing on specific plant-microbe examples only when required. 

Instances of self-similarity in the presence of particle growth have been relatively rare in the literature. However, the author has discussed the possibility of self-similar behavior in the dynamics of microbial populations (Ramkrishna, 1994 Ramkrishna and Schell, 1999). We present a simple example to illustrate the broad ideas from the foregoing development. 

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