diff --git a/src/app/rhizome-view-component/rhizome-view-component.component.html b/src/app/rhizome-view-component/rhizome-view-component.component.html
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+<mat-card>
+  <p>rhizome-view-component works!</p>
+</mat-card>
diff --git a/src/app/rhizome-view-component/rhizome-view-component.component.scss b/src/app/rhizome-view-component/rhizome-view-component.component.scss
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diff --git a/src/app/rhizome-view-component/rhizome-view-component.component.spec.ts b/src/app/rhizome-view-component/rhizome-view-component.component.spec.ts
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+++ b/src/app/rhizome-view-component/rhizome-view-component.component.spec.ts
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+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { RhizomeViewComponentComponent } from './rhizome-view-component.component';
+
+describe('RhizomeViewComponentComponent', () => {
+  let component: RhizomeViewComponentComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<RhizomeViewComponentComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ RhizomeViewComponentComponent ]
+    })
+    .compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(RhizomeViewComponentComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should create', () => {
+    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/rhizome-view-component/rhizome-view-component.component.ts b/src/app/rhizome-view-component/rhizome-view-component.component.ts
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+++ b/src/app/rhizome-view-component/rhizome-view-component.component.ts
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+import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-rhizome-view-component',
+  templateUrl: './rhizome-view-component.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./rhizome-view-component.component.scss']
+})
+export class RhizomeViewComponentComponent implements OnInit {
+
+  constructor() { }
+
+  ngOnInit() {
+  }
+
+}