Relative importance of explanatory variables influencing bacterial growth inhibition by phages.

Sum of AIC weights was computed from model averaging across the top-ranked models whose cumulative weights reached ≥ 0.95, selected from a full set of 256 candidate models generated by multi-model inference. The relative importance of each variable corresponds to the sum of AIC weights across all retained models in which it appears. Bold values indicate variables with high relative importance (sum of weights ≥ 0.60), selected as significant predictors in the analysis. N Models: Number of retained models in which each variable appears. Variables related to phages are marked with the symbol ɸ; bacterial variables are unmarked.