Table 1.

Prior distributions for both two and three strain systems. Constant parameters have the same min and max value. $K_{A_y{B}_z}$, K_ω, $K_{A_y}$ and ${KB}_{\max }z$ are sampled from log uniform distributions. The remaining parameters are sampled from uniform distributions.

Parameter/state variable	Description	Prior (min)	Prior (max)	Units	Citation
Parameters
CN	OD to cell number scaling factor	1e9	1e9	None	N/A
CB	Microcin scaling factor	1e−9	1e−9	None	N/A
CA	QS scaling factor	1e-9	1e−9	None	N/A
D	Dilution rate	0.01	0.2	h−1	N/A
$K_{A_y{B}_z}$	Half-maximal QS promoter activation/repression from Ay to Bz	1e−9	1e−6	M	81
Kx	Monod’s half-saturation constant	3.9e−5	3.9e−5	M	82
Kω	Half-saturation killing constant	1e−7	1e−6	M	83,84
S0	Substrate concentration of input media (0.4% glucose)	0.02	0.02	M	M9 media
γ	E. coli substrate yield	1e11	1e11	cell M−1	85
$k_{A_y}$	Production rate of AHL per cell	1e−22	1e−15	M h−1	86
$K{B}_{\max }z$	Maximal expression rate of microcin	1e−22	1e−15	M h−1	6
${\mu }_{x_{\max }}$	Maximum growth rate	0.4	3	h−1	39,40
nz	Hill coefficient AHL induced expression	1	2	M	81
nω	Hill coefficient for killing	1	2	M	81
${\omega }_{\max }$	Maximum rate of bacteriocin killing	0.5	2.0	M−1 h−1	83,84,87
Initial state variable
N	OD of strain	0.01	0.5	OD	N/A
S	0.4% glucose concentration	0.02	0.02	M	N/A
B	Microcin concentration	1e−81	1e−81	M	N/A
A	QS concentration	1e−10	1e−10	M	N/A