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SOIL mycostasis is a familiar and widespread phenomenon which has recently been reviewed in some detail1,2. Its nature and mode of action are obscure, but it is considered to be of microbial origin and has been found to be pronounced where microbial activity is high and less where microbial activity is low. Studies have usually been made on agricultural soils or those which at some time have supported vegetation and, apart from a study of some subsoils, investigations of “virgin” soils with few traces of plant residues have not often been made.
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COOKE, R. Mycostasis in Soils recently Exposed by a Retreating Ice-cap. Nature 213, 295–296 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213295a0
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