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Application of phenotypic microarrays to environmental microbiology.
Current opinion in biotechnology - 1 Feb 2012
Borglin Sharon, Joyner Dominique, DeAngelis Kristen M, Khudyakov Jane, D'haeseleer Patrik, Joachimiak Marcin P, Hazen Terry
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Environmental organisms are extremely diverse and only a small fraction has been successfully cultured in the laboratory. Culture in micro wells provides a method for rapid screening of a wide variety of growth conditions and commercially available plates contain a large number of substrates, nutrient sources, and inhibitors, which can provide an assessment of the phenotype of an organism. This review describes...
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