About the Authors

Rebecca B. Hoyle

r.hoyle@surrey.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Daniele Avitabile

Affiliation School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Andrzej M. Kierzek

Affiliation Division of Microbial Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RBH AMK. Wrote the paper: RBH DA AMK. Designed and carried out the deterministic and stochastic mathematical analyses: RBH. Designed and carried out the equation-free analysis: RBH DA. Interpreted the results of the analyses: RBH DA AMK.