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Rice roots growing in flooded soil containing reduced (colourless) methylene blue (1 g MeB in approx. 1 L of soil). Reduction of dye was due to soil microorganism activity. Note overlapping oxidized rhizospheres (blue) and adventitious roots growing in parallel groups. Bar = 9 mm; after S. H. F. W. Justin and W. Armstrong, unpublished.
