Cultured Leaf Microbiome (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Cultured Leaf Microbiome

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A representative agar plate illustrating the great diversity of bacteria that colonize tomato leaves in an agricultural field. Each spot is a growing colony of bacteria that was washed off a tomato leaf.

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Elijah Mehlferber photo, Koskella lab, UC Berkeley

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