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. 2018 Sep 3;9:1850. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01850

Table 2.

Life history trait values used in the strain-level in silico dilution experiments.

Symbol Description Value/Range Units
P1 Denisty of phytoplankton type 1 cells Variable Cells ml−1
P2 Denisty of phytoplankton type 2 cells Variable Cells ml−1
V1 Density of infectious viral type 1 particles Variable Virions ml−1
V2 Density of infectious viral type 2 particles Variable Virions ml−1
G0 Density of grazers 1000 Grazers ml−1
r1 Intrinsic per capita growth rate of P1 0.1−10 Day−1
r2 Intrinsic per capita growth rate of P2 0.2 Day−1
K Carrying capacity of phytoplankton 2.2 × 107 Cells ml−1
ϕ1 Adsorption rate of V1 to P1 10−10−10−7 ml/(virions·hour)
ϕ2 Adsorption rate of V2 to P2 10−10 ml/(virions·hour)
β Burst size 50 Virions/cell
ω Viral inactivation rate 0.48 Day−1
a Grazer filtering rate 4.8 × 10−5 ml/(grazers·day)

Phytoplankton type 1 and virus type 1's traits are varied within the given range, whilst phytoplankton type 2 and virus type 2's traits are kept fixed.