An inexpensive, high-throughput μPAD assay of microbial growth rate and motility on solid surfaces using Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli as model organisms

• Alyssa Francesca Levy,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7669-2942

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• Anthony Labrador,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0274-1438

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• Leslie Knecht ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lknecht@miami.edu (LK); vandyken@bio.miami.edu (JDVD)

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States of America

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• J. David Van Dyken

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lknecht@miami.edu (LK); vandyken@bio.miami.edu (JDVD)

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States of America

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