Using bacteria to make lunar soil more fertile

PHYSorg
Nov 10, 2023, 9:50 am220 pts
A team of agronomists and biotechnicians at China Agricultural University has found that adding bacteria to simulated lunar regolith increased the amount of phosphate in the soil for use by plants. In their study, published in the journal Communications Biology, the group added three types of bacteria to…

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