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One of the most important characteristics of a microorganism is its growth rate. Over the last decade the use of microtiter plate readers has permitted high-throughput measurement of microbial growth.

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Read our articles on Growth Rate Experiments

Well-Designed Experiments

Troubleshooting Input Files

Calibrating Your Plate Reader for Growth Rate Measurements

Reliable, Reproducible Overnight Cultures

Don’t Make This Common Mistake When Calculating Growth Rates

Input File Formats

Download a zipped folder of plate reader formats as Excel files and a second folder of the same formats as text files. Those files can be compared with the output from your plate reader if you are unsure which format to choose.

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Documentation

Documentation

GrowthRates 6.2 User Guide


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GRplot User Guide


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EditReadingIntervals User Guide


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CGR2 User Guide


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Supported Devices

GrowthRates supports many different plate reader models. If you do not see your model listed below, Contact Us to ask about a new model profile.

Plate ReaderComments
Bioscreen
BioTek Cytation 5
BioTek Eon
BioTek Epoch 2
BioTek PowerWave HT
Cerillo Stratus
FLUOstar Omega
Growth Profiler 960
Perkin Elmer
Spark Tecan
SpectraMax or SpectraMax M2
SpectraMax Plus 384
SpectroStart Nano
Synergy HTX
Tecan
Tecan Infinite 200 Pro

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