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MUD UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

f you step outside and look at some soil, it won’t take long until you see a creature of some sort. Many insects and other invertebrates call this environment their home, from burrowing earthworms that churn up and oxygenate the soil to ground beetles that hunt other insects on the surface. Yet the most abundant life forms in the

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