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Quest to map Africa’s soil microbiome begins

Sub-Saharan project could one day help ecosystems to resist climate change and improve agriculture.

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Wild, S. Quest to map Africa’s soil microbiome begins. Nature 539, 152 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/539152a

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