Healthy soils depend on a healthy soil microbiome, with beneficial organisms like bacteria providing key ecosystem services.

A study led by researchers at the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has uncovered alarming ...

The unique blend of fungi and bacteria in a region's soil may be the strongest factor explaining its rates of childhood ...

Researchers are linking human activity to increased gene transfer from soil bacteria to humans. Soil plays a much bigger role in the spread of antibiotic resistance than one might imagine.

Multiomics approaches for understanding of the dynamic mechanisms of soil holobiont in mitigating salinity stress in plant hosts. PGPR = plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria; AMF = arbuscular ...

Soil plays a much bigger role in the spread of antibiotic resistance than one might imagine. Surprisingly, the ground beneath us is packed with antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) - tiny codes that ...

It’s difficult to worry about microorganisms because we don’t see them. But we interact with them every day, and they are crucial for all forms of life on the planet. This aphorism brings home exactly ...

Researchers from the Sydney Institute of Agriculture at the University of Sydney investigated the vast and largely hidden world beneath our feet. Soil is where 59% of all life on Earth resides. A ...

Zeolites, a group of naturally occurring aluminosilicates, have garnered considerable interest in sustainable agriculture due to their unique porous structure. Their application as soil amendments ...

A study has found that microplastics contribute to poor soil health and release heat-trapping gas into the atmosphere. Researchers at the Institute of Urban Environment at the Chinese Academy of ...