Bacterial growth properties at low optical densities

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-274

  Novak, Maja ^a   Pfeiffer, Thomas ^b   Ackermann, Martin ^a   Bonhoeffer, Sebastian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth curve fitting; Growth rate; Growth yield; Low glucose concentration; Three phase linear model

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE; KINETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 69249203884     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-009-9342-7     Document Type: Article

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