Fig. 3.

Degree of transgressive overyielding is determined by phage functional diversity. Transgressive overyielding, D _max, describes the efficacy of phage combinations relative to the best constituent phage as a monoculture. Phage combinations either target one receptor [FD=1; (a) LPS binding; (b) T4P binding] or include phages targeting LPS and targeting T4P [FD=2; (c) LPS +T4P binding]. Mean values (±sd) are shown in black, with raw data in grey to show the distribution of data points; regression lines were fit either as a linear model (a, b) or an exponential degradation model (c).