Detecting differential growth of microbial populations with Gaussian process regression

Author(s): Tonner, Peter D; Darnell, Cynthia L; Engelhardt, Barbara E; Schmid, Amy K

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dc.contributor.authorTonner, Peter D-
dc.contributor.authorDarnell, Cynthia L-
dc.contributor.authorEngelhardt, Barbara E-
dc.contributor.authorSchmid, Amy K-
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-08T19:48:59Z-
dc.date.available2021-10-08T19:48:59Z-
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.identifier.citationTonner, Peter D., Cynthia L. Darnell, Barbara E. Engelhardt, and Amy K. Schmid. "Detecting differential growth of microbial populations with Gaussian process regression." Genome Research 27, no. 2 (2017): pp. 320-333. doi:10.1101/gr.210286.116en_US
dc.identifier.issn1088-9051-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1tr77-
dc.description.abstractMicrobial growth curves are used to study differential effects of media, genetics, and stress on microbial population growth. Consequently, many modeling frameworks exist to capture microbial population growth measurements. However, current models are designed to quantify growth under conditions for which growth has a specific functional form. Extensions to these models are required to quantify the effects of perturbations, which often exhibit nonstandard growth curves. Rather than assume specific functional forms for experimental perturbations, we developed a general and robust model of microbial population growth curves using Gaussian process (GP) regression. GP regression modeling of high-resolution time-series growth data enables accurate quantification of population growth and allows explicit control of effects from other covariates such as genetic background. This framework substantially outperforms commonly used microbial population growth models, particularly when modeling growth data from environmentally stressed populations. We apply the GP growth model and develop statistical tests to quantify the differential effects of environmental perturbations on microbial growth across a large compendium of genotypes in archaea and yeast. This method accurately identifies known transcriptional regulators and implicates novel regulators of growth under standard and stress conditions in the model archaeal organism Halobacterium salinarum. For yeast, our method correctly identifies known phenotypes for a diversity of genetic backgrounds under cyclohexamide stress and also detects previously unidentified oxidative stress sensitivity across a subset of strains. Together, these results demonstrate that the GP models are interpretable, recapitulating biological knowledge of growth response while providing new insights into the relevant parameters affecting microbial population growth.en_US
dc.format.extent320 - 333en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofGenome Researchen_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. This is an open access article.en_US
dc.titleDetecting differential growth of microbial populations with Gaussian process regressionen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1101/gr.210286.116-
dc.identifier.eissn1549-5469-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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