Figure 3.

Growth patterns of isolates in FL and mannitol confirm high functional redundancy; (A) growth curves of the four model strains in FL (dark gray) and mannitol (0.0047% w/v, matching the mannitol concentration in FL, light gray) media as the only carbon source; (B) top: ratio of maximum carrying capacity, measured as the maximum cell count reached at any time point within 0–36 h of growth, for the four strains grown in FL versus mannitol media, separated by early and late groups; bottom: ratio of maximum per capita growth rate, measured as the maximum segment linear growth rate for at least four consecutive time points within 0–12 h of growth, for the four strains grown in FL versus mannitol media, separated by early and late groups; (C) heatmap for ratio of cell density in FL versus mannitol media for each time point during 0–36 h of growth for the four strains; strains with similar growth ratio changes over time were clustered together with hierarchical clustering using the complete linkage method.