One in a million: Analyzing metabolites in a single cell

Sunday, August 30, 2015 - 16:00 in Biology & Nature

With detection limits down to the zeptomolar range (about 600 molecules in a sample), a new technology can analyze the metabolic composition of individual microbial cells, as well as detect the presence of extremely low levels of environmental contaminants.

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