Robust Estimation of Bacterial Cell Count from Optical Density
Jacob Beal, Natalie G. Farny, Traci L. Haddock, Vinoo Selvarajah, Geoff S. Baldwin, Russell Buckley-Taylor, Markus C. Gershater, Daisuke Kiga, John P. Marken, Vishal Sanchania, Abigail Sison, Christopher Thomas Workman, iGEM Interlab Study Contributors, Aachen, Meryem Pehlivan, , Dror Aizik
The paper evaluates three OD calibration protocols for bacterial cell count estimation and recommends serial dilution of silica microspheres for its precision and compatibility with flow cytometry.
Communications Biology · Sep 17, 2020Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology