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 # A microfluidic system for the cultivation of cyanobacteria with precise light intensity and CO2 control: enabling growth data acquisition at single-cell resolution
 
+# ARC Citation
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+Witting, L., Seiffarth, J., Stute, B., Schulze, T., Hofer, J. M., Nöh, K., Eisenhut, M., Weber, A. P. M., von Lieres, E., & Kohlheyer, D. (2025). A microfluidic system for the cultivation of cyanobacteria with precise light intensity and CO2 control: enabling growth data acquisition at single-cell resolution [Data set]. DataPLANT. 
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+[![DOI](https://archive.nfdi4plants.org/records/g22mf-11z54)](https://doi.org/10.60534/g22mf-11z54)
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 This ARC contains the original data of the Witting et al. publication [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1039/D4LC00567H). 
 
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