Thanks @chillier and @DMissa, very helpful.
The paper reported a lot of good detail about the machines and the techniques in Methods. I think it would also be good to report when analyses are subcontracted out, giving the name of the lab that did the work. For the reasons we have discussed, it does matter who does the work, probably at least as much as which machine was used.
Readers would see the name of the lab and some would immediately have a good idea of the protocols likely to have been applied and the quality of the work.
The paper reported a lot of good detail about the machines and the techniques in Methods. I think it would also be good to report when analyses are subcontracted out, giving the name of the lab that did the work. For the reasons we have discussed, it does matter who does the work, probably at least as much as which machine was used.
Readers would see the name of the lab and some would immediately have a good idea of the protocols likely to have been applied and the quality of the work.