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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. DataPLANT. 
 
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