High-Density Microdroplet Cultivation Reveals the Essential Role of Microbial Interactions in the Growth of Environmental Microbes
Eun-Young Seo, Ryouta Suzuki, Yuki Takagi, Tomonori Kindaichi, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Setsu Kato, Yutaka Nakashimada, Yoshiteru Aoi
This paper introduces a new cultivation method that enhances microbial growth by maintaining pure cultures and enabling single-cell tracking, showing microbial interactions significantly improve cultivability.
mBio · Apr 10, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology