A comparison of methods to measure fitness in Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Wiser, Michael J ^a   Lenski, Richard E ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b East Lansing ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPETITOR SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LONG TERM EVOLUTION EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION SIZE; ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARABINOSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GLUCOSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC FITNESS; GLUCOSE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930627810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126210     Document Type: Article

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