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ArticleBioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology2021

Overcoming stochastic variations in culture variables to quantify and compare growth curve data.

Christopher W Sausen, Matthew L Bochman

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Article in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors.

Christopher W SausenMolecular & Cellular Biochemistry Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Matthew L BochmanMolecular & Cellular Biochemistry Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2807-0452

Funding

DNA helicases and associated factors in genome stabilityR35GM133437 · NIGMS · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI BOCHMAN, MATTHEW LINNE · 2019 to 2023
$2.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS 1R35GM133437NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133437
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The comparison of growth, whether it is between different strains or under different growth conditions, is a classic microbiological technique that can provide genetic, epigenetic, cell biological, and chemical biological information depending on how the assay is used. When employing solid growth media, this technique is limited by being largely qualitative and low throughput. Collecting data in the form of growth curves, especially automated data collection in multi-well plates, circumvents these issues. However, the growth curves themselves are subject to stochastic variation in several variables, most notably the length of the lag phase, the doubling rate, and the maximum expansion of the culture. Thus, growth curves are indicative of trends but cannot always be conveniently averaged and statistically compared. Here, we summarize a simple method to compile growth curve data into a quantitative format that is amenable to statistical comparisons and easy to graph and display.

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Saccharomyces cerevisiaeCulture MediaCulture Mediagrowth curvemicrobeSaccharomyces cerevisiae

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PMID34128245
PMCPMC8984658

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