Microfluidic hotspots in bacteria research: A review of soil and related advances

Soil science is an inherently diverse and multidisciplinary subject that cannot develop further without the continuous introduction promotion of emerging technologies. One such technology widely used in biomedicine similar research fields, microfluidics, poses significant benefits for soil research; however, this still underutilized field. Microfluidics offers unparalleled opportunities bacterial cultivation, observation, manipulation when compared to conventional approaches these tasks. This review focuses on use microfluidics bacteria and, where possible, pulls from examples literature technologies were related research. The also provides commentary discusses key challenges researchers face implementing technology. We believe microfluidic chips their associated auxiliary provide a prime inroad into future