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Optimizing bacterial growth studies
17 Feb 2022This application note demonstrates the Spark® Multimode Reader’s suitability for the generation of growth curves in the commonly used 24- and 96-well plate formats for three different, well-established bacterial strains: E. coli, L. innocua, and S. capitis.
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