Tag: Organism
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Soil Organisms: A Whole World Beneath Our Feet
Dirty Microbes by Molly Michelson explores the importance of soil organisms: Soil microbes include everything from bacteria to fungi, and article author Richard Conniff likes to call the lot collectively “the agribiome.” These microscopic life forms have the potential to solve many crises facing agriculture today—everything from climate change and drought to Salmonellaand other food-bourn illnesses, from the costs…