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Figure 1: Optical scanning system and alginate-encapsulated bacterial sensors.
Figure 2: Remote fluorescence map of the target site.

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  1. Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Shimshon Belkin & Sharon Yagur-Kroll

  2. Applied Physics and the Brojde Center for Innovative Engineering and Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Yossef Kabessa, Victor Korouma, Tali Septon, Yonatan Anati & Aharon J Agranat

  3. Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

    Cheinat Zohar-Perez, Zahi Rabinovitz & Amos Nussinovitch

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Belkin, S., Yagur-Kroll, S., Kabessa, Y. et al. Remote detection of buried landmines using a bacterial sensor. Nat Biotechnol 35, 308–310 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3791

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