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Food revolution. mapping the mysteries of soil / Metagenomics :

A teaspoon of agricultural soil contains more than a billion living organisms. This biodiversity plays a key role in its ability to support plant life, including crops, but identifying and counting soil microbes is incredibly difficult. But, as the FT's science editor Clive Cookson explains, ne...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cookson, Clive (Speaker)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : Financial Times (Newspaper), 2020.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Microbial genomics.
Metagenomics.
Microbial ecology.
Soil microbiology.
Soils > Analysis.
Biodiversity.
Génomique microbienne.
Métagénomique.
Écologie microbienne.
Sols > Microbiologie.
Sols > Analyse.
Biodiversité.
Biodiversity
Metagenomics
Microbial ecology
Microbial genomics
Soil microbiology
Soils > Analysis
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Summary:A teaspoon of agricultural soil contains more than a billion living organisms. This biodiversity plays a key role in its ability to support plant life, including crops, but identifying and counting soil microbes is incredibly difficult. But, as the FT's science editor Clive Cookson explains, new molecular fingerprinting technology is coming to the rescue.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed November 18, 2021).
Physical Description:1 online resource (3 minutes)
Playing Time:00:02:22