Table 1 Proposed bacterial microcalorimetric growth parameters for characterizing a raw thermogram

t_0.015 (h)

Time to 0.015 mW heat flow, i.e. thermal growth onset time

t_0.05 (h)

Time to 0.05 mW heat flow, i.e. established exponential growth time

t_1stMax (h)

Time to 1^st maximum heat flow, i.e. time to first peak

t_2ndMax (h)

Time to 2^nd maximum heat flow, i.e. time to second peak

Δt_0.015 (h)

Time between thermal growth onset and offset

HF_Max1 (mW)

First maximum heat flow, i.e. first peak amplitude

HF_Max2 (mW)

Second maximum heat flow, i.e. second peak amplitude