Table 2. Parameter values for NEC model.

Parameter	Value	Unit	Description	Source
r		h	growth rate of pathogenic bacteria in lumen	[9]
r		h	growth rate of probiotic bacteria in lumen
			competitive effect of B on B in lumen
			competitive effect of B on B in lumen
K		cellsg	carrying capacity of B	[9]
K		cellsg	carrying capacity of B
		h	baseline rate of bacterial translocation	[30]
		h	maximum rate of bacterial translocation	[30]
	24	h	time scale for epithelium repair
			effect of inflammatory response on permeability
			effect of probiotics on permeability
			contribution of probiotics to threshold crossing
		h	decay rate of inflammatory cells	[23]
			rate of destruction of pathogen by M
			rate of destruction of probiotic bacteria by M
	0.08	[M units]/h	source of inflammatory cells	[9]
	0.12		decay of inflammatory cells	[9]
	0.1		rate of inflammatory cell activation due to pathogen	[9]
	0.01		rate of inflammatory cell activation due to probiotics	[9]