I have a suggestion regarding the turbidostat data: Add an option to calculate average growth rate (per growth phase) instead of maximum growth rate. So, that for each dilution instead (or in addition) of getting the maximum growth rate you get the average growth rate since the last dilution.
During turbidostat, one assumption I make is that the cells are in constant growth.
If this assumption is true, the maximum growth rate should be good as a measure of how fast the cells are growing. However, the maximum growth rate can be influenced by measurement noise and other external factors, resulting in an "artificially" higher growth rate than what is actually happening in the cell culture.
Also, for fluxomics and specially kinetic modelling, the average growth rate is a better representation of what is happening in the fermentation than maximum growth rate.
I have a suggestion regarding the turbidostat data: Add an option to calculate average growth rate (per growth phase) instead of maximum growth rate. So, that for each dilution instead (or in addition) of getting the maximum growth rate you get the average growth rate since the last dilution.
During turbidostat, one assumption I make is that the cells are in constant growth.
If this assumption is true, the maximum growth rate should be good as a measure of how fast the cells are growing. However, the maximum growth rate can be influenced by measurement noise and other external factors, resulting in an "artificially" higher growth rate than what is actually happening in the cell culture.
Also, for fluxomics and specially kinetic modelling, the average growth rate is a better representation of what is happening in the fermentation than maximum growth rate.