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From Single Cells to Microbial Population Dynamics: Modelling in Biotechnology Based on Measurements of Individual Cells

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High Resolution Microbial Single Cell Analytics

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The author would like to thank Florian Centler, Andreas Deutsch, and Felix Lenk for their critical reading of the manuscript and their helpful notes.

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Bley, T. (2010). From Single Cells to Microbial Population Dynamics: Modelling in Biotechnology Based on Measurements of Individual Cells. In: Müller, S., Bley, T. (eds) High Resolution Microbial Single Cell Analytics. Advances in Biochemical Engineering / Biotechnology, vol 124. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2010_79

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