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Ilgaz Cakin1,2, Rebecca Millington3, Samraat Pawar4

  • 1Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, England, United Kingdom.

ISME communications
|March 9, 2026
PubMed
概括

研究人员开发了一种新的方法,可以从氧气数据同时测量细菌生长和呼吸. 这种高通量方法克服了规模不匹配偏差,使得人们能够更好地了解微生物代谢和环境反应.

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