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Bacteria
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Bacteria are so small they need to stick to things or they will wash away; to attach themselves, they produce a slime, the secondary result of which is that individual soil particles are bound together. [...]
Fungal hyphae, too, travel through soil, sticking to them and binding them together, thread-like, into aggregates. [...]
The soil food web, then, in addition to providing nutrients to roots in the rhizosphere, also helps create soil structure: the activities of its members bind soil parti
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― Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
― Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
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A healthy body is not easily infected by external bacteria and viruses, a healthy mind too is not easily infected by external insults and undesirable events.
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― 31 Ways to Happiness
― 31 Ways to Happiness
