10.5061/DRYAD.XKSN02VG4
Inglis, R. Fredrik
0000-0002-3986-7256
University of Missouri–St. Louis
Antibiotic phase transition curves
Dryad
dataset
2021
2021-10-13T00:00:00Z
2021-10-13T00:00:00Z
en
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Phase transitions are an important and extensively studied concept in
physics. The insights derived from understanding phase transitions in
physics have also recently and successfully been applied to a number of
different phenomena in biological systems. Here, we provide a brief review
of phase transitions and their role in explaining biological processes
ranging from collective behavior in animal flocks to neuronal firing. We
also highlight a new and exciting area where phase transition theory is
particularly applicable: population collapse and extinction. We discuss
how phase transition theory can give insight into a range of extinction
events such as population decline due to climate change or microbial
responses to environmental stressors such as antibiotic treatment.
This data was collected by using a BioTek Epoch 2 spectrophotometer. The
data is absorbance at OD600nm.