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

Kristin Aleklett, E. Toby Kiers, Pelle Ohlsson, Thomas S. Shimizu, Victor E.A. Caldas, Edith C. Hammer*

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    Abstract

    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.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)312-319
    Number of pages8
    JournalISME Journal
    Volume12
    Issue number2
    Early online date14 Nov 2017
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Feb 2018

    Funding

    We thank the anonymous reviewers and the editor for valuable comments. EH, KA and PO acknowledge the Swedish Research Council (VR-621-2014-5912), the Crafoord Foundation, the Wallenberg Foundation and BECC; ETK acknowledges NWO Vidi, the European Research Council (Grant 335542); TSS acknowledges NWO/FOM.

    FundersFunder number
    BECC
    Wallenberg Foundation
    Seventh Framework Programme335542
    European Research Council
    Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie
    Crafoordska Stiftelsen
    Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
    VetenskapsrådetVR-621-2014-5912

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