Table 1.

Summary of predictions as a function of phage densities in environments and phage potential to acquire bacteria sequentially within bacterial arrangements (Recall in interpreting the table that the inequality, N_t / N₀ > A_t / A₀, implies greater success over time in the face of phage-mediated predation for free bacteria versus bacteria found within arrangements while N_t / N₀ < A_t / A₀ implies the opposite). Generally, k/≥ 1. Calculations relevant to lower phage densities, as found in the bottom portion of the table, are not discussed until Section 2.3.3 and especially section 2.3.4.

Environmental Phage Density (P)	Phage Propagation Ability Through Arrangements ()
	Higher	Lower
Higher (bacterial losses dominate dynamics)	For [lesser or no impediments to phage propagation within arrangements]	For [impediments less than absolute]	For [e.g., abortive infections]	For [e.g., phage restriction]
Lower (bacterial gains dominate dynamics)	For [which, as P → 0, is more likely]		[assuming phage-independent advantages to arrangement formation, i.e., μA - μN > 0, and that μA - μN > P( -k)holds, which is likely given both P → 0 and → 0]