Table 1. Definitions of model parameters for Equation 1.

Parameter	Symbol	Units
growth rate of bacteria	a	h−1
binding rate of phages to susceptible bacteria	b	mL CFU−1 h−1
mutation rate of bacteria	f	h−1
latent period (time between infection and lysis)	K	h
burst size at lysis	h	PFU
phage decay rate due to thermodynamic and other effects	m	h−1
phage concentration above which susceptible bacteria decline	VI	PFU mL−1
bacterial conc. above which phage replication exceeds phage loss	SP	CFU mL−1

Fitted values for these parameters are given in Table 2 and Table 3.