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  • Microbiology
  • Biophysics
  • Computational Biology

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  • Bacterial spores are dormant, resistant cells that cause spoilage and disease.
  • Spore germination, triggered by germinants, is key to their lifecycle but poorly understood.
  • Existing models lack comprehensive mathematical descriptions of individual spore germination.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel mathematical model for bacterial spore germination using artificial neural networks.
  • To describe spore germination as a decision-making process influenced by germinant receptor activation.
  • To investigate spore germination heterogeneity, commitment, memory, and kinetic CaDPA release.

Main Methods:

  • Developed an artificial neural network-inspired model for spore germination.
  • Utilized a sigmoid activation function to model germination thresholds.
  • Modeled spore commitment, memory, and CaDPA release kinetics.

Main Results:

  • The model accurately predicts germination time distributions and kinetics using a sigmoid function.
  • Simulations of spore commitment and memory align with experimental data for *Bacillus* spores.
  • The model successfully describes CaDPA release from individual spores, fitting *Bacillus cereus* data.

Conclusions:

  • The novel model enhances understanding of spore germination's biophysical complexities.
  • The model predicts spore memory retention and loss, and the impact of receptor distribution.
  • This approach offers a framework for data-driven discoveries in spore germination research.