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.

本数据集来自基于个体的模拟实验，该实验模拟了在表面上生长、分裂且相互作用的球柱形颗粒（spherocylindrical particles）。我们构建了由两种合作物种与一种欺骗性物种构成的交叉喂养共培养体系（cross-feeding consortium），并探究了相互作用参数与颗粒初始布局对菌群最终组成的影响。结合实验数据，本模拟数据表明：合作物种的成功与否，取决于两个合作者首次接触所需的时间。