R. S. Eriksen

The paper experimentally quantifies phage predation on E. coli microcolonies and uses a model to show that T4 phage can penetrate deep enough to threaten colony survival despite shielding.

The paper analyzes RM system sharing in bacterial strains and models phage-bacteria dynamics to identify non-random network structures and two bacterial strategies.

The paper investigates how bacterial spatial arrangements affect phage adsorption rates and shows that clustered structures significantly reduce adsorption and increase superinfection rates.

The paper models bacterial-phage interactions showing that diversity is determined by a trade-off between growth rate and defense mechanisms, not just growth rate alone.

The paper models spatially distributed bacteria-phage systems to show that spatial separation and colony growth protect bacteria from phage-driven extinction.

The paper shows that larger bacterial colonies can survive virulent phages by outgrowing surface infections, with a critical size threshold identified through mathematical modeling.