Spiders are declining in livestock-grazed areas, while ticks and mites are increasing. This change affects ecosystems and ...

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are accelerating the development of improved agricultural products and ...

BEIJING -- Researchers at Sun Yat-sen University in China have recently revealed the vital role soil invertebrates play in enhancing soil fertility, texture, and crop yields, according to an ...

In an article featured in Science China Earth Sciences, researchers from Tianjin University elucidate the coupling relationship between soil fungi and reactive minerals in ecosystems by utilizing ...

Biofilms — matrix-enclosed microbial accretions that adhere to biological or non-biological surfaces — represent a significant and incompletely understood mode of growth for bacteria.

Soil sampling occurred in mid-June 2019, with separate collections of rhizosphere and bulk soil samples. For microbial analysis, rhizosphere soil samples were taken from depths of 0–30 cm within each ...

It’s impossible to miss – it’s the floating biofilm on top of your delicious drink. While a SCOBY looks gross, it is remarkably versatile. If you feed it on sugar and tea or coffee in large ...

China National−Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and ...