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Soil biology
Roots
Soil fertility
Soil animals
Soil organic matter
Soil fungi
Soil bacteria
  

Collembola (or springtails) are very common soil animals found in most soils. there size is shown by the scal bar in the picture top right.

Top left: Two springtails (collembola) feeding on a piece of bakers yeast.


(Top left photo by Chris Walker and Graham Osler; others by van Vliet and Gupta.)