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This text describes the data presented in the paper: Extracellular Polymeric Substance Production and Aggregated Bacteria Colonization Influence the Competition of Microbes in Biofilms 

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Introductory information
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Files included in the data deposit (include a short description of what data are contained): 

1) IbM_2D: The Fortran.90 code of the 2D Individual-based Model used to produce the results published in the above paper
2) Cavity_many_cells, plot_temp: Matlab scripts for visualization



Explain the relationship between multiple data sets, if required:

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Key words used to describe the data:

Individual-based Model, Biofilm, Extracellular Polymeric Substance (EPS), Aggregate, Competition

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Methodological information
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A brief method description � what the data is, how and why it was collected or created, and how it was processed:

A two-dimensional individual-based model is used to study the competition between EPS producing and non-producing bacteria.The effect of EPS production, bacteria aggregates, quorum sensing regulated EPS production was studied. 
The output data for fitness were processed in Excel.   

Instruments, hardware and software used: 

Fortran 90, Matlab, Excel

The code was run on Windiows

Date(s) of data collection: 

2016-2017

Geographic coverage of data:

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Data validation (how was the data checked, proofed and cleaned):

Qualitative comparisons with previous research works

Overview of secondary data, if used:

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Data-specific information
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Definitions of names, labels, acronyms or specialist terminology uses for variables, records and their values: 

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Explanation of weighting and grossing variables: 

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Outline any missing data:

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Contact
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Please contact rdm@ncl.ac.uk for further information