Robust estimation of bacterial cell count from optical density.
Beal J, Farny NG, Haddock-Angelli T, Selvarajah V, Baldwin GS, Buckley-Taylor R, Gershater M, Kiga D, Marken J, Sanchania V, Sison A, Workman CT; iGEM Interlab Study Contributors.
Beal J, et al.
Commun Biol. 2020 Sep 17;3(1):512. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01127-5.
Commun Biol. 2020.
PMID: 32943734
Free PMC article.
Optical density (OD) is widely used to estimate the density of cells in liquid culture, but cannot be compared between instruments without a standardized calibration protocol and is challenging to relate to actual cell count. We address this with an interlaboratory study c …
Optical density (OD) is widely used to estimate the density of cells in liquid culture, but cannot be compared between instruments without a …