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Growthcurver: an R package for obtaining interpretable metrics from microbial growth curves
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Background: Plate readers can measure the growth curves of many microbial strains in a high-throughput fashion. The hundreds of absorbance readings collected simultaneously for hundreds of samples create technical hurdles for data analysis. Results: Growthcurver summarizes the growth characteristics of microbial growth curve experiments conducted in a plate reader. The data are fitted to a standard form of the logistic equation, and the parameters have clear interpretations on population-level characteristics, like doubling time, carrying capacity, and growth rate. Conclusions: Growthcurver is an easy-to-use R package available for installation from the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN). The source code is available under the GNU General Public License and can be obtained from Github (Sprouffske K, Growthcurver sourcecode, 2016).
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- Sprouffske, K., & Wagner, A.
- Venue
- BMC Bioinformatics
- Published
- 2016-04-19
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 172-172
- ISSN
- 1471-2105 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2338194256
- Cited by
- 847
- References
- 19
- FWCI
- 21.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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