High-throughput cell-sorting method can separate 10 billion bacterial cells in 30 minutes

Saturday, September 27, 2014 - 05:31 in Physics & Chemistry

A new, high-throughput method for sorting cells has been developed, capable of separating 10 billion bacterial cells in 30 minutes. The finding has already proven useful for studying bacterial cells and microalgae, and could one day have direct applications for biomedical research and environmental science -- basically any field in which a large quantity of microbial samples need to be processed.

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