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A Perspective in Future Biomanufacturing: Challenges in Industrial Fermentation—Understanding and Controlling Microbial Lifespan and Aging

Synthetic Biology and Engineering. 2023, 1(3), 10019; https://doi.org/10.35534/sbe.2023.10019
William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, 151 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Received: 27 Dec 2023    Accepted: 28 Dec 2023    Published: 29 Dec 2023   

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