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Using engineering to help microbes destroy contaminates in soil and groundwater

soil columns

Claudia Gunsch tests how contaminants are removed from soil columns.

Credit: Kaoru Ikuma, Duke University


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microscopic image of bacteria

This is a microscopic image of bacteria spreading in biofilms. The green cells represent successful gene transfer.

Credit: Kaoru Ikuma, Duke University


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