Compost English
Browns and greens is gardener slang for carbon and nitrogen. Microbes do the chewing.
Climate English names soil carbon. Microbes are part of that turnover — not a powder you sprinkle to skip ecology.
Do not culture mystery soil at home ‘to see what grows’. This page stays with public ecology.
Local notes
Bagged inoculant
A seed-packet of rhizobia is agriculture, not a forest in a sachet.
Pathogen caution
Garden soil can carry tetanus spores. Public vaccine advice belongs to clinicians, not this atlas.
Official pages own schedules and treatment. This atlas does not.
More in Beneficial allies
Gut microbiome
A diverse intestinal community fed by fibre — not a single ideal species list and not a wellness shop.
Familiarity 88Probiotics
Live microbes in food or capsules — strain-specific guests, not a whole microbiome and not medical advice.
Familiarity 90Fermentation
Microbes turning food into kimchi, doenjang, yoghurt and other living crafts — chemistry plus culture.
Familiarity 85Skin microbiome
A site-specific living film — oily, moist and dry neighbourhoods, not a sterile wrapper.
Familiarity 62Nitrogen cycle
How microbes move nitrogen between air, soil, water and food — plus the industrial shortcut that feeds billions.
Familiarity 40