On the occasion of the World Soil Day December 5, lu.se is highlighting the collaboration between Pelle Ohlsson and Martin Bengtsson at BME and Edith Hammer's group at Microbial Ecology. They study the interaction between bacteria, fungi and the microstructures under ground using artificial microstructures in transparent microchips.

News at LU.se (in Swedish): http://www.lu.se/article/livet-under-markytan-i-direktsandning

Article in ISMEJ: https://www.nature.com/articles/ismej2017184

Project website: http://soilchip.wixsite.com/soilchip