Microbes bingeing on burned soil could return land to life after wildfires

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Source: Sydney Glassman/UCR

Researchers have identified bacteria and fungi  that not only survive but thrive during the first year after a wildfire, findings that could help bring land back to life after fires that are increasing in both size and severity.

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