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Nature Methods 5, 857 (1 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/nmeth1008-857

Microbes right on target

Michelle Pflumm

Ever wonder what lives in your backyard? Mila Chistoserdova at the University of Washington decided to find out just that. For many years, her team has studied the microbes that live beneath the surface in the sediment of Lake Washington located next to Seattle.