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The technique of micro segmented flow is well applicable for the investigation of soil microorganisms. It supplies highly resolved dose/ response functions for whole microbial communities as well as for single strains. In addition, it can be used in the search for microbial strains with special tolerance features, for example for enhanced concentrations of cobalt and nickel. Such strains have been found in soil samples from the surface of ancient copper mining areas and metal-contaminated soils from archaeological excavations.
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Jialan Cao Jahrgang 1979. Elektrotechnikstudium mit Fachrichtung Biomedizintechnik an der TU Ilmenau; dort 2010–2014 Promotion am Institut für Chemie und Biotechnik. Seit 2015 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Fachgebiet Physikalische Chemie/ Mikro reaktions - technik.
J. Michael Köhler Jahrgang 1956. 1976–1981 Chemiestudium an den Universitäten Halle und Jena. Ab 1982 am Physikalisch-Technischen Institut der Akademie der Wissenschaften. Seit 1992 Abteilungsleiter am Institut für Physikalische Hochtechnologie in Jena. Seit 2001 Leiter des Fachgebiets Physikalische Chemie/Mikroreaktionstechnik an der TU Ilmenau.
Tim Schüler Jahrgang 1965. Studium der Physik, Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Klassischen Archäologie an der Universität Jena. 1995 Promotion zum Dr. rer. nat. Seit 1994 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Thüringischen Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie, derzeit Abteilungsleiter Archäologische Fachaufgaben, Sachgebietsleiter Prospektion und Fachreferent Altsteinzeit sowie kommissarischer Leiter der Restaurierungswerkstatt.
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Cao, J., Schüler, T. & Köhler, J.M. Mikrofluidik – großes Potenzial in kleinen Tropfen. Biospektrum 23, 394–397 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-017-0816-2
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