Embracing the unknown: disentangling the complexities of the soil microbiome

By Noah Fierer. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2017

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Changes in physicochemical properties, enzymatic activities, and the microbial community of soil significantly influence the continuous cropping of Panax quinquefolius L. (American ginseng) (2021, background): “Considerable differences can exist in the abiotic characteristics, microbial abundances, rates of microbial activity, and microbial community composition within even extremely close soil environments that share the same geographies (Fierer 2017).”
The “Plastisphere” of Biodegradable Plastics Is Characterized by Specific Microbial Taxa of Alpine and Arctic Soils (2020, background): “The composition of the soil microbiome strongly depends on various climatic and soil variables (Fierer, 2017).”
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