Soil is the special link between plants and humans. It feeds us, captures carbon and provides a home for billions of living creatures. Some you can see and some that are so small you need a ...

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 ...

hostile to most living things. Not everything, though -- studies of the sandy soil have turned up diverse microbial communities. Studying the function of microorganisms in such habitats is ...