Active and dormant soil bacteria (IMAGE)

Michigan State University

Active and dormant soil bacteria

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Michigan State researchers showed that, although microbes return to the site of an unnatural disaster, the balance of species that are active and dormant in maintaining the ecosystem changes.

Credit

Barnett, S.E. & Shade, A. (2024) Ecology Letters, 27, e14393. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14393

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