Citation: Soil pH drives microbial community composition: Study shows how bacteria work together to thrive in difficult conditions (2024, September 13) retrieved 16 July 2025 from https://phys.org ...

In a new study, researchers have determined through both statistical analysis and in experiments that soil pH is a driver of microbial community composition – but that the need to address ...

Modeling shows fluctuating soil microbial populations impact how much carbon is released from soil. Skip to main content. Your source for the latest research news. ... (Community Land Model) ...

Recently, a research team led by Dr. Tida Ge from Xinjiang University and Ningbo University conducted a pot experiment to ...

Communities of microbes (microbiomes), particularly in soils, can be startlingly diverse, with as many as 10,000 species in just a cup of material. Scientists are working to understand how microbiomes ...

Kate Scow, a professor of soil science and soil microbial ecology at UC Davis, keeps plastic bags filled with soil on her desk. We are meeting in her office in Plant and the Environmental Sciences ...

Soil is the most species-rich microbial ecosystem in the world. From this incredible diversity, ... This community of microbes is dependent on soil type and plant genotype.

In conditions mimicking a future atmosphere, 180-year-old English oaks traded-off “do it yourself” ways to access nutrients ...

Repeatedly planting the same crop can make soil sick, as decaying plant DNA builds up and harms new plants. Scientists found ...