Microbial Primer: Bacterial growth kinetics

Fernández-Martínez, L. T., Javelle, A. and Hoskisson, P. A. (2024) Microbial Primer: Bacterial growth kinetics. Microbiology, 170(2), 001428. (doi: 10.1099/mic.0.001428) (PMID:38329407) (PMCID:PMC10924458)

Abstract

Growth of microorganisms and interpretation of growth data are core skills required by microbiologists. While science moves forward, it is of paramount importance that essential skills are not lost. The bacterial growth curve and the information that can gleaned from it is of great value to all of microbiology, whether this be a simple growth experiment, comparison of mutant strains or the establishment of conditions for a large-scale multi-omics experiment. Increasingly, the basics of plotting and interpreting growth curves and growth data are being overlooked. This primer article serves as a refresher for microbiologists on the fundamentals of microbial growth kinetics.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: P.A.H. acknowledges funding from BBSRC (BB/T001038/1 and BB/T004126/1) and the Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair Scheme for long term personal research support (RCSRF2021\11\15). L.T.F-M. acknowledges funding from BBSRC (BB/S016651/1). The funders had no role in the design or decision to submit the work for publication.
• Keywords: Microbiology
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Fernandez-Martinez, Dr Lorena

Creator Roles

Fernandez-Martinez, L.: Writing – review and editing

• Authors: Fernández-Martínez, L. T., Javelle, A., and Hoskisson, P. A.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity
• Journal Name: Microbiology
• Publisher: Microbiology Society
• ISSN: 1350-0872
• ISSN (Online): 1465-2080
• Copyright Holders: Copyright: © 2024 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Microbiology 170(2): 001428
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons licence