Microbes rule in ‘knee-high tropical rainforests’ | International News Live Blog

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Rainforests on infertile wet soils support more than half of all plant species. Shrublands on infertile dry soils in southwestern Australia, jokingly called ‘knee-high tropical rainforests’, support another 20 percent of all plants. In both, plants team up with soil bacteria or fungi to gather nutrients more efficiently. The plants’ … http://internationalnewslive.com/microbes-rule-in-knee-high-tropical-rainforests/