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. 2013 Sep 27;110(42):16945–16950. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1309830110

Table 1.

Predicted and observed relative fitnesses

Antibiotic Pure cultures
Mixed cultures
μ, h−1*
Predicted relative fitness μ, h−1*
Observed relative fitness
Clmr.T5R Tetr.T5S Inline graphic Clmr.T5R Tetr.T5S Inline graphic
Chloramphenicol 0.62 0.28 2.21 0.64 0.29 2.21
Tetracycline 0.30 0.59 0.51 0.30 0.59 0.51
Arithmetic mean 1.36 1.36
Harmonic mean 0.83 0.83
Geometric mean 1.06 1.06

Antibiotic concentrations are 0.12 μg/mL chloramphenicol and 0.55 μg/mL tetracycline.

*

SEs are less than 1.5% of all estimates.