Microorganism

  Plants Thrive While Dropping Fertilizer Use   Soil provides plants with some of the nutrients which are essential to mature, comprising phosphorous. Phosphorous may be used in fertilizers, but it may react with other stuff in the soil when added to plants, forming complexes that keep phosphorous out of the reach of the plants. That suggests that farmers must continue to add more chemical fertilizer to the soil, which over time will allow phosphorous to accumulate in the soil. This abundance of phosphorus and other contaminants will be transported by rainwater to rivers, where the pollution can harm the marine ecosystem. Without requiring farmers to use more fertilizer, scientists have now learned more about a potential alternative solution that can help plants obtain adequate amounts of phosphorous. They noticed that the complexes that take phosphorous away from plants could be able to be unlocked by microbes. In ecosystems that lack sufficient nutrients, microbes taken from wild

                        MICROORGANISMS A microorganism is a living being that is too small for the human eye to see. Bacteria, fungi, archaea, protozoa, and minute animals, such as the dust mite, are examples of microorganisms. Almost ubiquitously on earth, microorganisms exist where there is freshwater or even a slight amount of moisture, from hot springs on the ocean bottom, deep inside rocks inside the surface of the earth, on human skin, and, inside a sponge used to wash dishes. For nutrient recovery in habitats, certain microorganisms are important because they act as decomposers, while others living in nodules on the roots of certain plants turn nitrogen from the environment into a plant-usable shape. Under good growing conditions, micro-organisms reproduce quickly, often leading to the gain of the greater host plant or animal organism and living in a balanced dynamic equilibrium with other micro-organisms and the host organism. However, at times, pathogenic microbes can invade l