Table 4. Phenotypic Characteristics of Bacteriophage φ6 Mutants.

Strain	Mutation	Frequency of Mutant	Fitness ERA	Fitness PP	Plaque Size ERAa	Attachment rate to ERAb	Attachment rate to PP
S8	D554G	2	3.31	14.73	6.89	2.58×10−11	4.79×10−11
S68	E8D	4	1.97	14.61	5.69	2.22×10−11	4.72×10−11
S53	E8A	4	3.97	14.57	7.8	4.80×10−11	4.68×10−11
S46	Q130R/S299W	1	0.98	14.80	9.26	1.68×10−11	5.05×10−11
S42	S161P/L555F	1	2.20	14.93	9.17	2.40×10−11	5.31×10−11
S4	Q130R	1	1.27	14.74	6.28	2.05×10−11	5.41×10−11
S30	E8K/Q130R	1	2.51	14.62	3.54	2.49×10−11	5.71×10−11
S28	E8A/F46L	1	2.47	15.21	5.94	2.53×10−11	5.63×10−11
S26	D554A	1	4.47	14.77	7.85	2.39×10−11	5.63×10−11
S154	E8G	24	4.12	14.92	6.29	2.59×10−11	5.33×10−11
S14	E8K/D554G	1	2.08	14.79	6.56	2.09×10−11	4.50×10−11
S13	E8K/F46S	1	3.16	14.85	10.25	2.24×10−11	4.60×10−11
S117	E8K	20	3.91	14.66	8.93	2.51×10−11	4.39×10−11
φ6 WT	n/a	n/a	n/a	15.07	n/a	n/a	4.91×10−11

^a =  in mm²; ^b =  Attachment rate (k) units are per milliliter per cell (or per phage) per minute.