Bacteria: recording gene activity more efficiently

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Analysing the gene activity of every single bacterial cell in a colony? A new technique of single-cell transcriptomics developed in Würzburg can do this much more efficiently than other methods: It reliably detects 300 to 600 genes per bacterial cell with a high success rate of 95%, thereby surpassing the efficiency of established procedures. …

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