Moreover, we introduced an additional
factor, 3% salt, to the system that should have a measurable effect
on growth rate for the cultures. The ability of the R.A.B.I.T. system to
determine the effect of salt addition could then be determined.
Looking at the results, the mean R2 reveals that a good correlation
(R2 0.84) was maintained. However, a large degree of variability
(CV 20%) was observed in the growth rate calculation between
experiments for nearly half the combinations of microbes and
matrix