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THE influence of soil micro-organisms upon the physical condition of soil has received some attention in recent years. Various workers1 have shown that fungi and bacteria and their associated metabolic products are capable of affecting the structure of soils. Fungi act largely by the entangling effect of their hyphæ, and bacteria produce cementing and binding substances of a polysaccharide nature2.
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THORNTON, R., COWIE, J. & McDONALD, D. Mycelial Aggregation of Sand Soil under Pinus radiata. Nature 177, 231–232 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177231a0
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