Before revision:  As a step in this direction, we apply a reaction-diffusion model to study autoinducer signaling dynamics in a growing bacterial community as a function of the density of metapopulations, or spatially dispersed colonies , in the total system.
After revision:  As a step in this direction, we apply a reaction-diffusion model to study autoinducer signaling dynamics in a single-species community as a function of the density of metapopulations, or spatially dispersed colonies , in the total system.