Observed and Predicted Distribution of Bacterial Charges, <i>Q_n</i>, with Data Pooled across Time-Points

<p>Red dots represent virulent data, blue dots represent attenuated data. The black line corresponds to the fixed burst model (<a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040349#s4" target="_blank">Methods</a>, <a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040349#pbio-0040349-e003" target="_blank">Equation 2 </a>) with large burst size <i>N</i>. The red line is the best fit to the virulent data and the blue line is the best fit to the attenuated data (density-dependent fission model, parameter values in <a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040349#pbio-0040349-t002" target="_blank">Table 2</a>).