PROMICON’s third Graphical Summary: Enhancing bacterial community analysis

PROMICON’s initiative to share graphical summaries for our research papers aims to make complex scientific studies more accessible and engaging for interested stakeholders such as policymakers, the scientific community, and the general public. These summaries will be available on our website library and social media platforms, providing readers with a quick and informative overview of our research highlights.

We continue with the paper “Development of an Automated Online Flow Cytometry Method to Quantify Cell Density and Fingerprint Bacterial Communities”. This study introduces a method that reproducibly measures both cell density and the distinctive fingerprint-like patterns of bacterial communities. This advancement enables powerful automated data analysis and interpretation, facilitating the identification of causes behind community disturbances or state changes, which can impact microbiome interactions or individual organism performance.

This online automated flow cytometry method provides rapid, high-resolution data on bacterial community status, enabling precise monitoring of population dynamics essential for controlling biotechnological processes. It supports the transition to a circular bioeconomy by optimising microbial consortia used for waste revalorisation, offering quick, accurate data while minimising human error and enabling real-time bioreactor control.

Read more here and stay tuned for more graphical summaries.

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