Competition in chemostat-type equations with two habitats.

Competition on a model with nutrient recycling is considered. The model is based on a chemostat-type equation which is used to study population dynamics of microorganisms. The model consists of four organisms competing for a limiting nutrient. Nutrient is supplied both from the in-flow of medium and a recycling with delay, the latter is generated from dead organisms by bacterial decomposition. This paper shows that the model undergoes a Hopf bifurcation through a critical value of time delay when the in-flow is small. Coexistence of four organisms competing for one limiting nutrient is indicated by numerical simulation results.

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