About The Author

Education: Master in Functional and Evolutionary Biology (UGent) • Teachers degree (UGent) ••• Previous research: Optimization of growth media for terrestric, methane-oxidizing bacteria • Isolation and identification of marine, methane-oxidizing bacteria. ••• Current research: Interaction between nitrifying bacteria and root development. ••• Clifton Strengths: Analytical, Discipline, Deliberative, Focus, Individualization.

Microbes: The Right Target To Feed The World And Protect Nature?

Fabian Beeckman, Hans Motte & Tom Beeckman |  

In agriculture, nitrogen (N) is one of the most important nutrients to improve plant growth and is applied in the form of fertilizer. Plants can take up nitrogen in the form of ammonium (NH4+) and nitrate (NO3–). However, a derivative of ammonium, ammonia (NH3), is also being used by specialized soil microbes. This causes plants

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