RT Journal
A1 Bochner, Barry R.
A1 Gadzinski, Peter
A1 Panomitros, Eugenia
T1 Phenotype MicroArrays for High-Throughput Phenotypic Testing and Assay of Gene Function
JF Genome Research 
JO Genome Research 
YR 2001 
FD July 01 
VO 11 
IS 7 
SP 1246 
OP 1255 
DO 10.1101/gr.186501 
UL http://genome.cshlp.org/content/11/7/1246.abstract 
AB The bacterium Escherichia coli is used as a model cellular system to test and validate a new technology called Phenotype MicroArrays (PMs). PM technology is a high-throughput technology for simultaneous testing of a large number of cellular phenotypes. It consists of preconfigured well arrays in which each well tests a different cellular phenotype and an automated instrument that continuously monitors and records the response of the cells in all wells of the arrays. For example, nearly 700 phenotypes of E. coli can be assayed by merely pipetting a cell suspension into seven microplate arrays. PMs can be used to directly assay the effects of genetic changes on cells, especially gene knock-outs. Here, we provide data on phenotypic analysis of six strains and show that we can detect expected phenotypes as well as, in some cases, unexpected phenotypes.