Table 1. Fitted parameters.

Name	Description	Literature values	References	Fitted value	80% confidence interval
gmax	maximum growth rate, hr−1	[0.52, 0.83]	[32, 36, 37]	0.73	[0.56, 0.89]
K	half-saturation constant, μg/L	35	[37]	122	[19.5, 783]
al	yield in liquid, 106 CFU/μg glucose	[0.5, 1.2]	[38, 39]	0.61	[0.54, 0.67]
τlag	lag phase duration, hr	[2, 5]	[40]	4.5	[4.3, 4.7]
m	death rate, hr−1	[0.0049, 0.018]	[27, 37]	0.0029	[7.7 × 10−4, 0.011]
ac	yield in 3-d colony, 106 CFU/μg glucose	N/A		1.50	[1.36, 1.63]
D	glucose diffusion in 0.35% agar, μm2/hr	1.8 × 106	[41]	0.55 × 106	[0.21, 0.89] × 106
μ	packing density, CFUs/μm3	N/A		2.98 × 10−2	[1.74, 4.22] × 10−2