Determination of specific growth rate by measurement of specific rate of ribosome synthesis in growing and nongrowing cultures of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 901-903

  Cutter, Matthew R ^a   Stroot, Peter G ^a,b  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; GROWTH KINETICS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; RIBOSOMES; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

CHLORAMPHENICOL; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RNA;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RIBOSOME; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; CULTURE MEDIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS;

EID: 38949131938     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01899-07     Document Type: Article

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