Soil pH or soil reaction is an indication of the acidity or alkalinity of soil and is measured in pH units. Soil pH is defined as the negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration. The pH scale ...

In a recent study, researchers investigated the interactions between Pyricularia oryzae, the rice blast fungus, and the beneficial soil bacterium Streptomyces griseus. They found that P. oryzae ...

Melioidosis is incredibly rare in the United States, with roughly 12 cases a year reported, and most cases occur in people who have travelled to regions of the world where B pseudomallei is commonly ...

Nine monkeys from the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens died of sepsis after catching melioidosis ... this month required the digging up of soil near the monkeys' habitat.

The cause of death was melioidosis-induced sepsis. “Melioidosis is transmitted through contact with contaminated soil and sewage not human-to-human or animals-to-humans … which may be related ...