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The concept of single-cell genomics lies in the recognition of each bacterial cell as a unique and distinct entity. Single-cell genomics employ phi29 polymerase and random hexamer primers to yield microgram-range genomic DNA from single microbial cells. The unprecedented insights obtained from single-cell genome analyses have allowed major advances in the fields of environmental microbiology, symbiosis, evolution, and bioprospecting.
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Kristina Bayer 1997–2004 Biologiestudium an der Universität Würzburg. Dort 2008 Promotion am Zentrum für Infektionsforschung. Seit 2008 wissenschaftliche Assistentin am Julius-von-Sachs-Institut für Biowissenschaften, Universität Würzburg.
Ute Hentschel Humeida 1986–1988 Biologiestudium, Universität Hannover; 1988–1994 Studium der Meeresbiologie und Promotion, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA. 1995–1997 Postdoc, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. 1998–2003 Arbeitsgruppenleiterin, Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg. 2004 Habilitation und Nachwuchsgruppenleiterin, Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Universität Würzburg. Seit 2008 Professorin für chemische Ökologie am Julius-von-Sachs-Institut für Biowissenschaften, Universität Würzburg.
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Bayer, K., Hentschel, U. Einzelzell-Genomik: das Bakterium als Individuum. Biospektrum 18, 596–598 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-012-0234-4
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