Table 1 Model variables and parameters
From: Challenges in predicting the evolutionary maintenance of a phage transgene
Notation | Description | Values |
|---|---|---|
Variables | Â | Â |
B | Density of free bacteria | Â |
R | Density of refuge bacteria | Â |
P G | Density of GM phage | Â |
P W | Density of wild phage | Â |
E | Density of enzyme produced by GM phage that increases the release rate of refuge bacteria into the free state rate of both phages | Â |
I G | Density of bacteria infected with GM phage (before lysis) | Â |
I W | Density of bacteria infected with wild phage (before lysis) | Â |
Functions of variables | ||
h(E) | Rate at which refuge bacteria move to free state | Â |
Parameters | Â | Â |
k | Adsorption rate constant | 10-9(mL/min) |
w | Washout/death rate | 0.05 |
b G | Burst size of GM phage | 17, 20 |
b W | Burst size of wild phage | 17, 20 |
L | Lysis time (min) | 10 |
v | Maximum bacterial growth rate | 0.1 |
Z | Enzyme production per lysis | 0.1 |
C | Carrying capacity of environment | 5 ×109 |