Collecting Soil Samples in Harvard Forest (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Collecting Soil Samples in Harvard Forest

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Biologist Jeff Blanchard, kneeling at center in hat, collects soil samples surrounded by students at Harvard Forest in central Massachusetts. He and his Ph.D. student Lauren Alteio unexpectedly discovered large-genome giabnt viruses there.

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Harvard Forest/Andrew McDevitt

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