Beneath your feet, soil microbes are getting fat
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Kyle Mason-Jones / NIOO-KNAW
Beneath your feet, soil microbes are getting fat
Microbes, like humans, can eat 'junk food' and grow fat. This even happens when you might not expect it, according to NIOO researcher Kyle Mason-Jones
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