Fig. 4: Linear growth modes. | Nature Microbiology

Fig. 4: Linear growth modes.

From: Single-cell imaging of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell cycle reveals linear and heterogenous growth

Fig. 4

a, The binned data trend of the growth rate \(\left(\frac{1}{L}\frac{{{\rm{d}}L}}{{{\rm{d}}t}}\right)\) versus age plot is shown for Mtb data (video set A, n = 363 for unbuffered; video set C, n = 135 for acidic; video set B, n = 248 for neutral condition, using the cells that are born and divided during the video only). The binned data trends decrease with age and are largely consistent with the predicted trends obtained using simulations of linear growth (red lines). b, The binned data trend of the elongation speed versus age plot is shown for Mtb data. The binned data trends are nearly constant, consistent with linear growth simulations (red lines). The dots and error bars indicate mean ± s.e.m. Age in a and b is unitless.

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