Inoculum size | \({\mathbf {n}}= (n_1,n_2,\ldots , n_i, \dots )\) |
Total inoculum size | \(n = n_1 + n_2 + \cdots + n_i + \cdots\) |
Composition of inoculum | \(x_i = n_i/n\) |
\({\mathbf {x}}= (x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_i,\ldots )\) | |
Seeding probabilities | \({\mathbb {P}}\bigl [{\mathbf {n}} \bigl \vert \bigr .\, {\overline{n}},{\overline{{\mathbf {x}}}}\bigr ] = \prod _i\frac{({\overline{n}}\,{\overline{x}}_i)^{n_i}}{n_i!}e^{-{\overline{n}}\,{\overline{x}}_i}\) |
Averages over seeding | \(\bigl \langle F(n,{\mathbf {x}}) \bigr \rangle = \sum _{{\mathbf {n}}}{\mathbb {P}}\bigl [{\mathbf {n}} \bigl \vert \bigr .\, {\overline{n}},{\overline{{\mathbf {x}}}}\bigr ]F(n,{\mathbf {x}})\) |
Cycle index | \((\tau )\) |
Mixing time | \(T_\text{mix}\) |
Depletion time | \(T_\text{depl}\bigl ({\mathbf {n}},\text{environment}\bigr )\) |
Within-deme observables | |
Population sizes | \({\mathbf {N}} = (N_1(t),N_2(t),\ldots )\) |
Population composition | \({\mathbf {X}} = (X_1(t),X_2(t),\ldots )\) |
\(X_i = N_i/N\) | |
Growth rate | \(\alpha _i(t) = \alpha (1+\delta \alpha _i)A(t)\) |
Yield | \(\varphi _i(t) = \varphi (1+\delta \varphi _i)Y(t)\) |
Resources | \(S(t)\), \(S(0) = S_0\) |
\(\varphi \sim 1\Rightarrow N(T_\text{depl})\approx {\mathcal {O}}\bigl (S_0\bigr )\) | |
Depletion | \(\alpha (t>T_\text{depl}) = 0\) |
Public good dynamics | |
Production rates | \(\varvec{\rho }= (\rho _1,\rho _2,\ldots ,\rho _i,\dots )\) |
usually \(\rho _1 > 0, \rho _i \approx 0, i\ge 2\) | |
Antibiotics parameters | B(t); \(\kappa\), \(\gamma\), \(\mu\)\(\Rightarrow\)\(\alpha (t)\) |
see “Collective reduction of antibiotics” section | |
Pyoverdine parameters | P(t); \(\sigma\)\(\Rightarrow\)\(\varphi (t)\) |
see “Iron extraction via siderophores” section |