Table 1 Population doublings (Nd) for growth curve and subculture/passaging experiments. The results are the average of 3 technical replicates (n = 3) ± standard deviation.

From: Breakthrough in Marine Invertebrate Cell Culture: Sponge Cells Divide Rapidly in Improved Nutrient Medium

Experiment

Geodia barretti

Geodia sp.

Geodia neptuni

Nd

σ

Nd

σ

Nd

σ

Growth curves

22 °C

2.26

±0.33

3.67

±0.12

3.17

±0.05

4 °C

1.54

±0.18

3.27

±0.12

3.47

±0.17

Subcultures

22 °C

5.54

±0.17

4.67

±0.26

4.20

±0.08

4 °C

6.95

±0.63

5.50

±0.28

5.53

±0.12