Unlike synthetic fertilizers, biofertilizers introduce or stimulate living organisms to improve soil function.

The soil under our feet is teeming with mysterious life forms – possibly more than any other habitat on Earth. Scientists have now identified a whole new phylum of bacteria, which is abundant and ...

Ten new melioidosis infections have been detected in Queensland, one of them fatal. The soil-borne bacteria that causes the infection has killed 26 people in Queensland this year. The soil-borne ...

3.3 Soil enzymes and phosphorus uptake in low-P availability ... and the vital roles played by rhizosphere microorganisms such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), phosphate-solubilizing bacteria ...

Building habitats and maintaining them will be tough, but bacteria could come to the rescue by helping repair cracked bricks made from lunar soil. That's what researchers at the Indian Institute ...