While some microbes can cause diseases, many play essential roles in processes such as growing food and the production of oxygen.

Soil and water tests confirm workers in Ventura County raspberry fields were infected by the rare disease leptospirosis.

A new study published in Ecological Processes by researchers at the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of ...

Various organic matter sources can be used to enhance soil health. Common options include compost, aged leaves, well-rotted hay or silage, peat moss, composted manure, green cover crops, and untreated ...

A recently developed interdisciplinary project called Place-Based Soil Data Interpretation and Research in Texas (PBS-DIRT), ...

A research team has shown that methanogens, micro-organisms ubiquitous in low-oxygen environments like aquifers, soil and even permafrost, can propel their growth by dissolving calcium carbonate, one ...

A recent study from the University of Illinois shows that gene-edited bacteria can supply the equivalent of 35 pounds of nitrogen from the air during early corn growth, which may ...