We receive this question often and the answer is NO. How do we know this? microBIOMETER® shows that soil removed from the earth and plants loses microbial biomass every day which we have confirmed with microscopic studies. The literature also confirms this.
Soil microbial biomass is an important parameter linking the plants to soil. It comprises about 2-3% of the total organic carbon. Microbial biomass is the living component of soil organic matter. Some of the responsibilities include energy and nutrient cycling and the regulation of organic matter transformation.
Our company has recenlty been awarded two amazing opportunities. The first is the CCMR (Cornell Center for Materials Research) JumpStart Program. This program is a semester-long project that utilizes Cornell University resources.
David R. Montgomery, Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington, shares his findings after a six-month trip visiting farms around the world. He concluded that the key to sustaining highly productive agriculture lies in rebuilding healthy, fertile soil.
With the horrific wild fires currently raging in California, the question arises “What exactly happens to the microbes during wildfire?” Here are three ways fires change the ecology of soil microbes and how this then impacts humans: Morel mushrooms, a culinary delicacy, pop up after fires.
Jason Radcliff is a principal and the Director of Quality Management at dwg.. His company is passionate about urbanism, positioning the landscape as green infrastructure and designing solutions that encourage social and environmental change. Jason utilized microBIOMETER® on the sustainable Republic Square project during and post-construction and was excited to share his experience with our
Katharhy G. is an agroecosystem and ethnoscience researcher who traveled to Ecuador to investigate the relationship between microbial biomass and crop health, as well as to study the local indigenous agriculture practices. He visited 28 different farms growing 15 different crops. 14 of these farms are practicing conventional farming, while
In a series of lab tests, Princeton University has discovered that a relatively common soil bacterium has demonstrated its ability to break down the difficult-to-remove class of pollutants called PFAS. Acidimicrobium bacterium A6, removed 60% of PFAS in lab vials over 100 days of observation.
Healthy soil is full of tiny lifeforms – bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, arthropods and earthworms. A fun way to determine the biology in your soil is by performing the Soil Your Undies Challenge. This challenge consists of burying a pair of 100% cotton undies beneath your soil and digging them up
Dr. Judith Fitzpatrick, microbiologist and developer of microBIOMETER®, had the pleasure of being interviewed on the Galil Garden Podcast. Some of the important topics discussed include: Microbes and pesticide use Microbes affect on erosion The microbial food chain
Microbial biomass (MB) can be used to determine if you are sequestering carbon, which improves soil and helps combat global warming. In 1989 Anderson and Domsch showed that increasing microbial biomass predicted an increase in soil organic carbon (OC).