Urbanization is reshaping soil microbial communities worldwide, driving an unexpected homogenization of bacterial populations ...

But Takeyama and her team think either boosting beneficial natural microorganisms or using soil microbes to help create more sustainable fertilizers, could be the secret to maintaining nutrient ...

Additionally, to investigate how soil microbes respond to warming on shorter timescales ... Preliminary experiments also showed that a similar reduction in ribosomes occurs in other types of soils, ...

Soil organic matter is composed of soil microbes including bacteria and fungi, decaying material from once-living organisms such as plant and animal tissues, fecal material, and products formed ...

Dark, dramatic and dead set on decomposition, soil is alive. Heaving with microbes, worms, fungi and insects, it’s a hive of activity right beneath our feet. Find out the dirt on soil’s drama. In just ...

In question are the kinds of feedbacks that can be expected from soil microbes in a warmer climate and the resulting effects on the global stocks of soil carbon. Existing climate models do not ...

This research not only brings new hope for sustainable agricultural production but also lays a strong scientific foundation for future ecosystem service management. The complexity of soil micro-food ...

Published in Current Biology, the study looked at how the presence of the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus affects the number of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in soil samples. M. xanthus is a ...

Despite the rough environment, microbial life thrives in the desert’s salty and sulfate-rich soil. These conditions provide a ...

Soil stabilization and concrete repair ... They found that sucrose protected the microbes best compared to other types of protectants. After freezing, the bacteria were dried and then stored ...