In the multicellular soil bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor, some cells start producing lots of antibiotics after mutations delete big chunks of their genomes. Now a computer model has helped to ...

Marriage of the mineral world and the organic world: Introduction: How soil forms from rocks and weather -- Plant roots and their bacterial partners -- Plant roots and their fungal partners -- Where ...

Using isotope tracing to track ammonium and nitrate uptake, scientists found that wheat dominates nitrogen capture in calcareous (alkaline) soils, while microbes compete more effectively in acid soils ...

Platinum is emitted by road traffic mainly in the form of metallic particles. Interaction of Pt-NPs with soil causes their chemical transformation that may result in dissolution. Investigation of soil ...