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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2008, p. 901-903, Vol. 74, No. 3
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01899-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Determination of Specific Growth Rate by Measurement of Specific Rate of Ribosome Synthesis in Growing and Nongrowing Cultures of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus{triangledown} ,{dagger}

Matthew R. Cutter and Peter G. Stroot*

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, ENB118, Tampa, Florida 33620-5350

Received 17 August 2007/ Accepted 29 November 2007

ABSTRACT

RT-RiboSyn measures the specific rate of ribosome synthesis in distinct microbial populations by measuring the generation rate of precursor 16S rRNA relative to that of mature 16S rRNA when precursor 16S rRNA processing is inhibited. Good agreement was demonstrated between specific rate of ribosome synthesis and specific growth rate of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 4202 East Fowler Ave., ENB118, Tampa, FL 33620-5350. Phone: (813) 396-9323. Fax: (813) 974-9341. E-mail: pstroot{at}eng.usf.edu

FOOTNOTES

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 14 December 2007.

{dagger} Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://aem.asm.org/.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2008, p. 901-903, Vol. 74, No. 3
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01899-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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