Fig. 3.

Asp dynamics are consistent with cell density–dependent consumption rate. Top: modified Asp consumption rate. Green: Asp consumption rate (LHS) calculated from the data. Magenta: Asp consumption rate (RHS) with parameters ${\gamma }_0=0.53\pm 0.07 \mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{\text{M}}/\mathrm{O}\mathrm{D}/\mathrm{s}$, $B_C=5.1\pm 1.8 \mathrm{O}\mathrm{D}$ and $A_h=3.7\pm 3.2 \mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{\text{M}}$ fit to match the LHS. The MSE between the LHS and RHS at the best-fit parameters is shown on each panel (see SI Appendix for details). These are shown for waves with peak bacterial cell density of $\mathrm{O}\mathrm{D}=0.6$ (A), $1.1$ (B),$2.1$ (C), and $4.6$ (D). The parameters were fit to all data simultaneously. The shading represents the SD across replicates: $N=6$ for (A), $N=9$ for (B), $N=5$ for (C), and $N=4$ for (D). Uncertainties for the RHS of each equation are not shown for clarity but were included in the calculation of the MSE (SI Appendix).