Malthusian parameters as estimators of the fitness of microbes: A cautionary tale about the low side of high throughput

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Concepción Acevedo, Jeniffer ^a   Weiss, Howard N ^b   Chaudhry, Waqas Nasir ^a,c   Levin, Bruce R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; MALTHUSIAN PARAMETER; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MUTATION;

EID: 84938520532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126915     Document Type: Article

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