Did you know that there is bacteria living in soil, these are some points that will provide the info you should know about the topic.
These are some questions you might be wondering about right now:
- Is soil bacteria harmful to humans?
Although most organisms found in soil are not harmful to humans, soil does serve as a home for many pathogenic organisms. Bacteria are the most abundant type of organism in soil, and they are found in every soil on Earth.
- Why do humans need soil bacteria?
The major constituent of soil is bacteria. They play a very crucial role in building nutrients, i.e. recycling carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus between human beings and the environment. … Bioremediation uses certain bacteria that digest toxic substances and convert them into less harmful substances.
- What do soil bacteria do?
Most are decomposers that consume simple carbon compounds, such as root exudates and fresh plant litter. By this process, bacteria convert energy in soil organic matter into forms useful to the rest of the organisms in the soil food web. A number of decomposers can break down pesticides and pollutants in soil.
- Is soil bacteria dangerous?
Soils contain all sorts of bacteria and fungi, most of which are beneficial and do helpful things like breaking down organic matter. But just as there are pathogenic bacteria that live on your body amid the useful ones, some microorganisms in soil can cause serious damage when given the opportunity to enter the body.
soil bacteria examples
There are three types of soil bacteria that fix nitrogen without a plant host and live freely in the soil and these include Azotobacter, Azospirillum and Clostridium. Nitrogen fixing Rhizobium bacteria form nodules on a soybean root.
Soil benefits from bacteria
Bacteria perform many important ecosystem services in the soil including improved soil structure and soil aggregation, recycling of soil nutrients, and water recycling. Soil bacteria form microaggregates in the soil by binding soil particles together with their secretions.
One more pleasant fact:
There is a microbe in soil that, when inhaled and absorbed through the skin as often happens as a gardener, has a significant antidepressant impact. We wrote about it previously here:
