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Biomass and DNA analysis in soil
A. thaliana ecotype Col-0 plants were grown in soil (Scotts-Sierra Horticultural Products Company, Marysville, OH) in 5 cm pots (50 per flat) under fluorescent light 30 W/m 2/s with a 14 h light/10 h dark photoperiod for 3-4 weeks.
Though the Boney Basin soil readily reduced XTT, it only very slowly reduced DCIP (data not shown), and the rate of reduction was not significantly different between untreated soil and killed controls.
2 O 2 [ 39 ] , suggesting that presence of this peroxide alone on Mars surface would not make the soil "self-sterilizing."
• SO2 and NOx contribute to acid deposition, which damages lakes and streams, adversely affecting the fish and other species that live in them, and leaches nutrients from the soil.