Table 1 Model parameters

P0tot

10¹⁰

Total bacterial population

P0ByB

10²

Initial Bifidobacterium population

P0AB

10²

Initial Acinetobacterium population

KA

10²⁰

Growth saturation for Acinetobacterium

KE

10⁴

Growth saturation for E. Coli

gammaA

1.34

Growth rate for Acinetobacterium

gammaE

1.51

Growth saturation for E. Coli

Killing rate (ehnanced)

150 h^-1

Frequency of predation events

HGT rate

0.15 h^-1

Frequency of horizontal gene transfer

events