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. 2014 Apr 25;4:e29011. doi: 10.4161/bact.29011

Table 1. In silico ϕX216 amplification modeling parameters.

Parameter Description Experimental values
a Uninfected bacterial replication rate 1.0 at 37 °C
b Transmission coefficient
(Measure of phage binding efficiency)
1 × 10−7
L Burst size 160
k Lysis rate 1.5
xi Initial uninfected bacterial concentration 3.2 × 105 cfu/mL
vi Initial infecting phage concentration 1.6 × 105 pfu/mL
m Phage decay rate 0