Extended Data Fig. 1: Construction of the custom-made incubator around Epoch2 and BioStack 4.

a, Illustration of the custom-made heatable incubator (closed) with microplate spectrophotometer. Frontal and lateral view. b, Illustration of the arrangement of the stacker and plate reader in the incubator in frontal view. c, Schematic drawings of the incubator housing (bottom, walls, roof and two magnetic doors). d, Schematic drawings of the aluminum profile frame of the incubator. The housing consists of black PVC plates that are screwed to the aluminium profile frame. e, Images of the incubator in the anaerobic chamber with the BioStack 4 and Epoch2.