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. 2020 May 1;14(8):2007–2018. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0664-9

Table 1.

Model parameters.

Parameters Description Value Source
β Maximum burst size 20 Measured
η Adsorption rate 1.5–3.0 × 10−8 mL h−1 Measured
τ Minimum latent period 1 h [38]
DB Bacterial diffusion constant 0.05 mm2 h−1 Fitted
Dn Nutrient diffusion constant 3.0 mm2 h−1 [26]
Dp Phage diffusion constant 0.04 mm2 h−1 [39]
a Low chemoattractant sensing constant 3.5 μM [40, 41]
a+ High chemoattractant sensing constant 1000 μM [40, 41]
χ1 Chemotactic coefficient for serine 1.5 mm2 h−1 Fitted
χ2 Chemotactic coefficient for aspartate 0.8 mm2 h−1 Fitted
gn(max) Maximal depletion rate of nutrient 2.8 h−1 Fitted
gc1(max) Maximal depletion rate of serine 2.8 h−1 [42]
gc2(max) Maximal depletion rate of aspartate 0.28 h−1 [29]
Kn Monod constant of nutrient 10 mM Fitted
Kc1 Monod constant of serine 5 × 10−2 mM [42]
Kc2 Monod constant of aspartate 5 × 10−3 mM [29, 33]
Y Nutrient yield 108 mL mM−1 [26]
n(0) Initial nutrient concentration 10 mM [30]
c1(0) Initial serine concentration 0.2 mM [30]
c2(0) Initial aspartate concentration 0.2 mM [30]
pr Mutation rate of resistant bacteria 10−5 [17, 43, 44]
sr Growth reduction of resistant bacteria 0.2 Fitted
rb Ratio of the minimal burst size to its maximum 0.1 Fitted
r1 Ratio of the minimal latent period to its maximum 0.5 Fitted