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Gaming bacterial metabolism

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Many microorganisms remain understudied due to the challenges and complexities of culturing. An integrated lab automation and machine learning platform called BacterAI could be the future.

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Fig. 1: Learning appropriate culture conditions as a game.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Jacqueline A. Valeri, Aarti Krishnan.

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  1. Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Jacqueline A. Valeri, Aarti Krishnan & James J. Collins

  2. Institute for Medical Engineering & Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Jacqueline A. Valeri, Aarti Krishnan & James J. Collins

  3. Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Jacqueline A. Valeri, Aarti Krishnan & James J. Collins

  4. Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA

    Jacqueline A. Valeri & James J. Collins

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Valeri, J.A., Krishnan, A. & Collins, J.J. Gaming bacterial metabolism. Nat Microbiol 8, 1004–1005 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01390-2

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