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Table 1 Modified growth rate, signal and factor threshold parameters of the self-restraint experiments

From: Differential signal sensitivities can contribute to the stability of multispecies bacterial communities

Name of the model

Division threshold

(TD)

Signal threshold

(TS)

Factor threshold

(TF)

Basic model, WT, (blue in Fig. 1b,c,d, Fig. 2)

 WT

12

10

10

Models with elevated response thresholds (red in Fig. 2a,b,c)

 TF+

12

45

10

 TS+ species 2

12

10

20

 TF+TS+ species 2

12

45

20

Models with elevated response thresholds and increased fitness (red in Fig. 2d,e,f)

 TF+TD-

6

45

10

 TS+TD-

6

10

20

 TF+TS+TD- species 2

6

45

20