title: Study of the early growth and branching of Streptomyces tendae by means of an image processing system.
abstract: A method is described for directly observing submerged growth of streptomycetes, which can be easily adapted for investigations of filamentously growing fungi. The use of an image processing system allowed a fast and accurate calculation of important morphological parameters. Most of the images can be analysed on-line. Some results are presented for early growth and branching of Streptomyces tendae. It seems that mechanisms for growth of streptomycetes were the same for both solid and liquid media.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Systemdynamik und Regelungstechnik, Stuttgart, F.R.G.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Reichl
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Buschulte
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Gilles
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003470:Culture Media; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media