The Hidden Majority: What Are Soil Microbes? Soil microbes are microscopic organisms that live in the soil, including bacteria, fungi, archaea, protozoa, and viruses.

Trees grown in soil with microbes that have survived drought and high or low temperatures have a better shot at survival when facing the same conditions.

Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in the soil, according to a new study with implications for mitigating climate change and improving soil ...

Interest in the microbiome sciences has grown exponentially over the past few decades, tracing its recent roots to studies of microbial ecology just 20 years ago. The Penn State One Health Microbiome ...

Soil is a significant carbon reservoir, storing more carbon than all plants, animals and the atmosphere combined, making it crucial for addressing the climate crisis. Microbes, such as bacteria ...

Microbes have helped make Earth more habitable over the eons, and they could do the same on a smaller scale for the moon.

Scientists may have come up with a smart way to make lunar soil more habitable for plants, allowing astronauts to grow their own food.

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth’s Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through ...

Frozen ground would seem to stall microbes — especially in winter — but scientists have been finding robust emissions of greenhouse gases year-round.

The team created an experimental green roof in Chicago to test how enhancing soil with native prairie microbes would change the soil microbial community over time.

Puna Bio is taking microbes acclimatized to the harsh conditions of the Andean highlands and deploying them in depleted soils to help crops thrive.

Tasmanian dairy farmers trial microbes across 500 hectares of land with the help of a "top-notch" soil biologist to reduce their reliance on synthetic fertilisers such as urea.