Bacterial growth: constant obsession with dN/dt

Bacterial growth: constant obsession with dN/dt

Neidhardt comments on his disappointment that his bacterial growth equation--which shaped his scientific career--was not considered one of the "Five Equations That Changed the World" in Michael Guillen's book of the same name. He discusses what growth physiologists study and what they...

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Published in:Journal of bacteriology Vol. 181; no. 24; pp. 7405 - 7408
Main Author: Neidhardt, F C
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 01-12-1999
Subjects:
Bacteria - growth & development
Bacteriology
Colony Count, Microbial - methods
Guest
Guillen, Michael
Mathematical models
Mathematics
Physical growth
Science
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Summary:Neidhardt comments on his disappointment that his bacterial growth equation--which shaped his scientific career--was not considered one of the "Five Equations That Changed the World" in Michael Guillen's book of the same name. He discusses what growth physiologists study and what they have learned in the past 50 years.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0620. Phone: (734) 763-1209. Fax: (734) 764-3562. E-mail: fcneid@umich.edu.
ISSN:0021-9193
1098-5530
DOI:10.1128/jb.181.24.7405-7408.1999