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  • About “Antibiotics under our feet”
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  • Mapping our microbiome
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    • Why is soil colour important?
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Antibiotics under our feet

Why is soil colour important?


 Predicting Scottish topsoil organic matter content from colour and environmental factors

Soil colour instructions resource is available for free download

Find “Antibiotics under our feet: soil colour instructions” on Fighare.

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