A growth-survival trade-off quantitatively predicts microbial selection under periodic disinfection
Nerea Martínez‐López, Adrián Pedreira, Míriam Roma Garcia, Frank Schreiber, Niclas Nordholt
The paper develops a mathematical framework to predict microbial selection under periodic disinfection by quantifying the growth-survival trade-off between strains.
bioRxiv · May 2, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology