Table 2.

Limit values of the switching rates in set environments for the IM and DM models. Normal and persistent population dynamics must be obtained in the different environments to calibrate the models

	a(C S; C A) ≈		b(C S; C A) ≈		Experiment
Environment/Model	IM	DM	IM	DM
Exponential culture  C S ≫ K  C A ≪ K’	a’	a’	b’ + b S  + b A	b’ + b SA	Batch culture
Stationary culture  C S ≪ K  C A ≪ K’	a’ + a S	a’ + a S	b’ + b A	b’
Antibiotic‐treated exponential culture  C S  ≫ K  C A ≫ K’	a’ + a A	a’ + a A	b’ + b S	b’	Killing curves obtained by treating batch culture samples
Antibiotic‐treated stationary culture  C S ≪ K  C A ≫ K’	a’ + a S  + a A	a’ + a S  + a A	b’	b’