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Edith Hammer. Photo.

Edith Hammer

Senior lecturer

Edith Hammer. Photo.

Build your own soil : exploring microfluidics to create microbial habitat structures

Author

  • Kristin Aleklett
  • E Toby Kiers
  • Pelle Ohlsson
  • Thomas S Shimizu
  • Victor Ea Caldas
  • Edith C Hammer

Summary, in English

Soil is likely the most complex ecosystem on earth. Despite the global importance and extraordinary diversity of soils, they have been notoriously challenging to study. We show how pioneering microfluidic techniques provide new ways of studying soil microbial ecology by allowing simulation and manipulation of chemical conditions and physical structures at the microscale in soil model habitats.The ISME Journal advance online publication, 14 November 2017; doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.184.

Department/s

  • MEMEG
  • Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Acoustofluidics group
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
  • Microbial Ecology

Publishing year

2018

Language

English

Pages

312-319

Publication/Series

ISME Journal

Volume

12

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article review

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Topic

  • Microbiology

Keywords

  • Journal Article

Status

Published

Project

  • The Soil Chip
  • MICCS - Molecular Interactions Controlling soil Carbon Sequestration

Research group

  • Acoustofluidics group
  • Microbial Ecology

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1751-7362