Simulation data underlying the publication: Time of first contact determines cooperator success in a cross-feeding consortium

Data from individual-based simulations interacting spherocylindrical particles growing and dividing on a surface. We simulate a cross-feeding consortium of two cooperating species and a cheater species. We look at how the parameters of the interaction and the initial placement of the particles influence the final make-up of the colony. Together with experimental data, these simulation data show that it is the time it takes for two cooperators to make contact for the first time that determines cooperator success.

本数据集源自基于个体的模拟实验，模拟了在表面上生长、分裂并发生相互作用的球柱形颗粒（spherocylindrical particles）。我们模拟了由两种合作物种与一种欺骗物种组成的交叉喂养协同群落（cross-feeding consortium），并探究了相互作用参数以及颗粒的初始布局如何影响菌群的最终组成。结合实验数据，该模拟结果表明，正是两类合作个体首次接触所需的时长，决定了合作物种的存续成功率。