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

doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.184

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^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	312-319
Number of pages	8
Journal	The ISME Journal
Volume	12
Issue number	2
Early online date	14 Nov 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.184
Publication status	Published - Feb 2018

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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.

Funders	Funder number
Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie
BECC
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Wallenberg Foundation
Crafoordska Stiftelsen
European Commission
European Research Council
Seventh Framework Programme	335542
Vetenskapsrådet	VR-621-2014-5912

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