Glossary

building block

A metabolite that is used by microbes to produce biomass. Biomass production may depend on the simultaneous conversion of a set of building blocks.

LOD

The line of descent is the genealogical succession of individuals that connects some ancestor with one of its descendants. In the model these are constructed by storing all parent-offspring relations.

metabolite

Any molecule that are not enzymes and that can undergo a reaction, including influx and degradation reactions.