page_title: Soil biology
hierarchical_section_title: Soil biology
caption_attribution_description: English: This shows a result of bokashi soil improvement. Fermented bokashi preserve was added to this 'garden soil factory' a few weeks earlier and has been consumed by the soil food web. In the photo, three indigenous species of worm are enthusiastically dealing with some remains. The texture of the soil has begun to take on the character of vermicompost.
context_page_description: Soil biology is the study of microbial and faunal activity and ecology in soil.
  Soil life, soil biota, soil fauna, or edaphon is a collective term that encompasses all organisms that spend a significant portion of their life cycle within a soil profile, or at the soil-litter interface.
  These organisms include earthworms, nematodes, protozoa, fungi, bacteria, different arthropods, as well as some reptiles, and species of burrowing mammals like gophers, moles and prairie dogs. Soil biology plays a vital role in determining many soil characteristics. The decomposition of organic matter by soil organisms has an immense influence on soil fertility, plant growth, soil structure, and carbon storage. As a relatively new science, much remains unknown about soil biology and its effect on soil ecosystems.
context_section_description: Soil biology is the study of microbial and faunal activity and ecology in soil.
  Soil life, soil biota, soil fauna, or edaphon is a collective term that encompasses all organisms that spend a significant portion of their life cycle within a soil profile, or at the  soil-litter interface.
  These organisms include earthworms, nematodes, protozoa, fungi, bacteria, different arthropods, as well as some reptiles (such as snakes), and species of burrowing mammals like gophers, moles and prairie dogs. Soil biology plays a vital role in determining many soil characteristics. The decomposition of organic matter by soil organisms has an immense influence on soil fertility, plant growth, soil structure, and carbon storage. As a relatively new science, much remains unknown about soil biology and its effect on soil ecosystems.
caption: Soil biology is the study of microbial and faunal activity in the soil. This photo shows the activity of both.
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