Table 1.

Optimal model parameters: Optimal model parameters were estimated for the data shown in Figure 1 from 50 sets of random starting values (cf. Materials and Methods), followed by mean estimated model parameter values (with standard deviation) among 10 most highly ranked and all model parameter estimates. The binding exponent $\gamma =1.15>1$ indicates synergistic phage dynamics.

	a	h	$\mathit{\gamma }$	${\mathit{log}}_{10}\left(\mathit{f}\right)$	${\mathit{log}}_{10}\left(\mathit{b}\right)$	${\mathit{log}}_{10}\left(\mathit{m}\right)$	${\mathit{log}}_{10}\left({\mathit{K}}_{\mathit{c}}\right)$
optimal	$2.0$	15	$1.15$	−3.4	−10	−5.3	$8.7$
top 10	$2.0\pm 0.2$	$15\pm 0.6$	$1.15\pm 0.01$	$-3.5\pm 0.2$	$-10\pm 0.1$	$-5.9\pm 1.4$	$8.7\pm 0.03$
all	$1.7\pm 0.7$	$13\pm 2$	$1.12\pm 0.06$	$-3.2\pm 0.5$	$-9.8\pm 0.5$	$-6.2\pm 1.6$	$8.7\pm 0.12$