Scientists who studied the living organisms of the soil, the bacteria and fungi that decompose organic matter, fix nitrogen and shape soil health, and who found uses for them in medicine and in farming. Soil microbiology links the soil to plant nutrition and to biological nitrogen fixation. A person belongs here when their cited article names them as a soil microbiologist or as a researcher of soil organisms.
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Selman Waksman (Wikipedia)
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Selman Abraham Waksman (22 July [O.S. 10 July] 1888, August 16, 1973) was a Russian-born American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist, whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of streptomycin and several other antibiotics.
Mariangela Hungria (Wikipedia)
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Mariangela Hungria da Cunha (born 6 February 1958) is a Brazilian agronomist and microbiologist noted for pioneering work on biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) and the use of beneficial soil bacteria as microbial inoculants for tropical crops.
Ilan Chet (Wikipedia)
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Ilan Chet (Hebrew: אילן חת; born April 12, 1939) is an Israeli microbiologist and a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot.
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