title: System for determining the relative fitness of multiple bacterial populations without using selective markers.
abstract: A device for simultaneously measuring the relative fitness of multiple bacterial populations was developed and evaluated. The new device eliminates the need to construct strains with selectively neutral markers so that strains can be readily distinguished, and it provides a means to perform multispecies competition experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences South, Rm. 252, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3051, USA.
authors.forename: Hyo-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Hyun-Joon
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: La
authors.forename: Larry J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Forney
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D015415:Biomarkers; D003470:Culture Media; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D007612:Kanamycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015415:Biomarkers; D003470:Culture Media; D007612:Kanamycin; D012293:Rifampin