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A new study has shown that dosing plants with symbiotic bacteria can drastically improve their growth in barren Mars-like soil. The team grew clover in samples of a simulated Martian soil, with some of the plants paired with a nitrogen-fixing bacteria called Sinorhizobium meliloti.


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