Table 1 Units and parameters of the model

\(\bar{b}\)

–

Unit length (b ↔ 10 μm)

k_BT

–

Unit energy

c_s

–

Unit concentration

\(\bar{\rho }\)

1

Mean cell density

\({\eta }_{\max }\)

4

Maximum occupation number

ε

0.15

Contact energy

h

1

Film height expressed in millimeter

κ

0.85/1.2

Field parameter as defined by Eq. (16)

c_csm

0.02

Concentration around which consumption becomes non-constant (Eq. (6))

c_aer

0.1

Concentration below which aerotaxis sets in Eq. (7)

χ

2

Aerotaxis strength (Eq. (7))

L

100

Lattice size

\({T}_{{{{{{{{\rm{sim}}}}}}}}}\)

10⁶

Simulated time in MC steps