Dry weight in exponential growth phase

Value 489 fg Range: 358-622 fg
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Loferer-Krössbacher, M., Klima, J., Psenner, R. Determination of bacterial cell dry mass by transmission electron microscopy and densitometric image analysis. 1998. Appl Environ Microbiol. 64(2). pp.688-94. p.690 table 1PubMed ID9464409
Method Mass determination analysis was carried out with an electron microscope, model EM 902 (Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany), operating at 80 kV, an electron intensity of 60 · 10-12 eV mm-2 s-1, and a magnification of ×4,400.
Comments The value is the median and the range is the 25th-75th percentile range. The E. coli strain used was DSM 613. n=136
Entered by Phil Mongiovi
ID 102230