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The Use of Chemostats in Microbial Systems Biology

DOI :

10.3791/50168-v

October 14th, 2013

October 14th, 2013

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1Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University

Cell growth rate is a regulated process and a primary determinant of cell physiology. Continuous culturing using chemostats enables extrinsic control of cell growth rate by nutrient limitation facilitating the study of molecular networks that control cell growth and how those networks evolve to optimize cell growth.

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