Unsung Soil Heroes, the Soil Food Web
21st century farming tools are biology. Overview of the Soil Food Web (SFW) or soil biology. How the soil microbe biome and related soil organisms work together to make nutrients accessible for plants.
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SymSoil Bacteria & Archaea Page
The soil food web starts with bacteria, archaea and fungi living on plant extrudates and organic matter.
Robust Compost and Toxin Destruction
Methylocapsa gorgona , is a soil bacteria which consumes methane, pulling the green house gas out of the air, even when it’s not near a major source. There are other microbes, mostly members of the archaea family, known as methanogens which produce methane, which are harnessed for renewable natural gas. Some of the best known …
Bacteria in Zero Gravity
This is a really interesting article about bacteria in space, or more specifically, experiments with E.coli on the International Space Station. It highlights a new study published this week in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. Researchers found that microgravity gives bacteria some nifty tricks that make a lot less susceptible to antibiotics. Their main defense: …