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The 18 pages that link to Soil microbiome, each with the reason it gives.

• Nutrient cyclingRelated: Its members mediate many nutrient transformations and transfers.

• Soil fertilityRelated: Microbes transform nutrients into forms that plants can use.

• Soil food webNarrower topic: Its microbes form the food base and perform much of the web’s decomposition.

• Soil healthRelated: Microbial communities drive decomposition, nutrient transformations, and many plant interactions.

• RhizobiumRelated: Other soil organisms influence rhizobial survival, competition, and access to plant roots.

• Conservation agricultureRelated: Reduced disturbance and retained residues alter habitat and food sources for soil organisms.

• RootRelated: Microbes near roots affect nutrient availability and plant health.

• Soil biodiversityBroader topic: Microorganisms make up much of soil’s diversity and drive many of its biological processes.

• CompostRelated: Microbial groups also inhabit finished compost and influence its interactions with soil.

• BiocharRelated: Biochar’s surfaces and chemistry can change microbial habitat and activity.

• Soil microbiologyRelated: This community is the biological subject whose composition and activity the field examines.

• TillageRelated: Disturbance changes microbial habitats and the placement of food sources.

• Soil ecologyBroader topic: Microbes mediate many soil transformations and interact with roots and soil fauna.

• Soil ecosystemRelated: Its immense diversity and context-dependent functions remain difficult to characterize and predict.

• TopsoilRelated: Microorganisms decompose residues and cycle nutrients within topsoil.

• GeosminRelated: Geosmin is one of the many chemical signals and products of soil microbes.

• GeobotanyRelated: Microbial effects may help explain plant distributions that climate and soil measurements alone cannot predict.

• Soil steam sterilizationRelated: Steam can disrupt microbial communities that contribute to nutrient cycling and plant health.