323: Better Concrete With Microbes

TWiM describes how to make concrete more 'green' by using microbes, and bacterial bioluminescence as an important regulator of multitrophic interactions in the soil.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson and and Mark O. Martin.

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Links for this episode

• Construction nanobiotechnology for concrete (Appl Env Micro)
• Self-healing concrete (Sci Tot Environ)
• Microbe-inspired self-healing concrete (Front Struct Civil Eng)
• Bacterial bioluminescence regulates multitrophic interactions in the soil (Cell Rep)
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