Soil Samples (IMAGE)

Rice University

Soil Samples

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Prepared soil samples used to test bioengineered tools that will allow researchers to study Earth's microbes from micro- to macroscales. Rice University researchers have developed microbial sensors that release gas to report on specific biochemical reactions.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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