Evidence for a bimodal distribution of <it>Escherichia coli </it>doubling times below a threshold initial cell concentration

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In the process of developing a microplate-based growth assay, we discovered that our test organism, a native <it>E. coli </it>isolate, displayed very uniform doubling times (τ) only up to a certain threshold cell density....

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Main Authors: Chen Chin-Yi, Paoli George C, Nguyen Ly-Huong T, Irwin Peter L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/207