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Masterworks in Petri dishes

By Jess Griggs

16 December 2009

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Art by microbes

(Image: Eshel Ben-Jacob)

Dangerous, yes; useful, sometimes; works of art – no. But this gallery of the best microbial artworks might change your mind

Einstein in E. coli, an apple tree grown from fungi and a fluorescent Mario are just some of the masterworks cast in agar jelly by creative microbiologists.

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