Attributions

A lot of people contributed to our project, who are acknowledged in the following lines:

Team formation and mentoring

Prof. Arvind Lali, Dr. Shalini Deb and Dr. Shamlan Reshamwala

Team registration

Dr. Preeti Lali

Hosting the team

DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences

Wet lab activities

Dr. Shamlan Reshamwala, Dr. Shalini Deb, Marwan Malik and Bhargav Patel

Ms. Rummana Khan of Kelkar Scientific Research Centre, Mumbai for plant cultivation and root exudate extraction

Parts construction

Dr. Shamlan Reshamwala and Marwan Malik

InterLab study

Dr. Shalini Deb and Bhargav Patel

Financial support

Department of Biotechnology, Aarti Industries (thanks to Akshay Shah), Institute of Chemical Technology and Mokashi Endowment Fund

Consumables

DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences, ICT TEQIP (thanks to Gauri Bhatkhande)

Human Practices

Ninad Khumbhojkar, Atharva Chikhalkar and Apoorva Pardeshi

Outreach activities and public engagement

Ninad Khumbhojkar, Atharva Chikhalkar, Bhargav Patel, Marwan Malik and Supriya Prakash

Collaborations

Dr. Shalini Deb, Marwan Malik, Ninad Khumbhojkar, Atharva Chikhalkar, Bhargav Patel and Supriya Prakash

Social media

Dr. Shalini Deb and Bhargav Patel

BBrickIt (software)

Dr. Shalini Deb and Dr, Shamlan Reshamwala for ideation and guidance, Supriya Prakash and Ninad Khumbhojkar for implementation

Wiki design

Supriya Prakash and Atharva Chikhalkar