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[compost_tea] Re: soil versus compost diversity



--- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, soilfoodweb@a... wrote:

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> compost.  Humans have named only 5,000 species of bacteria, less 
than that of 
>
Dr. Ingham you just answered one of my next questions:How do you know 
there are 25,000 species of bacteria present in a gram of healthy 
soil ? Or am I assuming something I shouldn't here?  Seems like 
they're named when identified (like after the researcher).  Dennis









 fungi.  Current DNA anlysis suggests that there may be millions of 
species of 
> bacteria in the world, and tens of thousands of species in any gram 
of soil.  We 
> can culture, or grow, only a drop in the bucket of the enormous 
number of 
> species of bacteria and fungi that exist in any soil.  
> 
> 

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