Rate of area growth of bacterial colony
| Value | 0.039 mm^2/hour |
|---|---|
| Organism | bacteria |
| Reference | B. Nithyaja, V. K. Jisha, R. Tintu, A. V. Saramma and V. P. N. Nampoori, Kinetics of bacterial colony growth by laser induced fluorescence,Laser Physics, Volume 19, Number 3, March, 2009, pp 468-472 |
| Method | The present paper deals with an experimental work in which the growth kinetics of an aerial bacterial colony in a closed system was studied using Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) Technique. Study on growth kinetics of bacterial colony using LIF was carried out by doping Rhodamin B dye in culture medium. Rhodamin B is an appropriate dye for doping because of its high fluorescence quantum efficiency. |
| Comments | A plot of area of bacterial colony against time is shown in Fig. 5. Here area increases exponentially after 25 h of growth. Rate of exponential growth is calculated to be 0.039 mm^2 /h by theoretical fit. This indicates the exponential growth of bacterial population associated during this period to exponential phase of colony growth. |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 104455 |