Dashing Growth Curves

Dashing Growth Curves enables rapid and interactive visualization and analysis of microbial growth curves to extract quantitative growth parameters.

Key Features:

• Parametric and non-parametric fitting: Growth curves can be fitted with parametric and non-parametric models or manually.
• Feature extraction: The application extracts maximum growth rates, lag time, length of exponential growth phase, maximum population size, and other growth parameters.
• Replicate grouping: The application automatically groups replicate samples.
• Summary plot generation: The application generates downloadable summary plots for all growth parameters.

Scientific Applications:

• Microbial growth analysis: Researchers can analyze dozens to hundreds of growth curves recorded simultaneously by microplate readers.
• Growth parameter quantification: Researchers can extract quantitative features including maximum growth rates, lag time, length of exponential growth phase, and maximum population size from microbial growth curves.

Methodology:

Growth curves are fitted with parametric and non-parametric models or manually; the application then extracts growth parameters and automatically groups replicate samples.