Bacterial Carbon Cycling in Soil Is Not a Shared Effort
A few common bacteria use most of the carbon in soil
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Measuring Electric Current in Soil Could Provide Answers on Soil Health
Researchers have developed a way to assess soil health by measuring the electric current produced by its tiniest microbes
Scientists Hit Pay Dirt with New Microbial Research Technique
Researchers detail the first-ever successful use of a technique called BONCAT to isolate active microbes present in a sample of soil
Rare and Diverse Giant Viruses Unexpectedly Found in a Forest Soil Ecosystem
UMass Amherst and DOE Joint Genome Institute describe 16 new large-DNA virus species
Researchers Wake Up DNA from Soil Bacteria to Discover Novel Acid Antibiotic
Researchers have published the characterization of a new bioactive natural product whose derivatives could be used as antibiotics
Top-Performing Soil Microbes Could Be Key to Sustainable Agriculture
UCR research will help agronomists breed plants that attract their own growth-promoting microbes
Crop-Saving Soil Tests Now at Farmers' Fingertips
On-site pathogen analysis is accurate, quick, and inexpensive
Real World Native Biocrusts: Microbial Metabolism
Functionally linking microbial community structure with environmental chemistry
The Outsized Role of Soil Microbes
Three scientists have proposed a new approach to better understand the role of soil organic matter in long-term carbon storage and its response to changes in global climate and atmospheric chemistry
Study Finds Drought-Quenching Bacteria Protect Plants from Climate Stress
Although agricultural improvements have boosted food production in the past 50 years, drought and salinization threaten more than half of the planet’s arable land