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Metabolite arrays sample the metabolic state of bacteria and complex microbial communities while aiding enzyme discovery.

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Figure 1: Immobilized dye-linked substrates reveal the activities of multiple metabolic pathways and define enzyme-substrate relationships.

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  1. Don Cowan and Marla Tuffin are at the Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa.,

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Cowan, D., Tuffin, M. Capturing global metabolism. Nat Biotechnol 27, 1132–1133 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1209-1132

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