When we are standing on the ground, we are really standing on roof-top of other
world. Soil might look "dirt" but it is far more interestings; living in the
soil or plant roots, bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, algae, lichens, protozoan,
nematodes etc. These exist in great diversity among various microorganisms and
even with in a group of microorganisms, dependng on the habitat and
environmental factors. Soils are formed from a stew of geological ingredients or
parent material (rock and mineral), water and billions of organisms. The
interaction between climate, parent of soil properties that are unique to the
soil type and climate. It has been proposed that a