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The Bacterial Theory of Soil Fertility

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MR. FLETCHER is under a misapprehension in attributing to me a “theory” that “all, or almost all,” of soil fertility depends on bacterial activity. I should certainly agree with Mr. Fletcher that any such hypothesis, if it were advanced, would be much too narrow to account for the facts.

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RUSSELL, E. The Bacterial Theory of Soil Fertility. Nature 90, 542–543 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/090542a0

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