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Cities cannot go green without soil microorganisms.
Nat. Rev. Microbiol., DOI: 10.1038/s41579-026-01380-1 (2026)
Urban soils must move from providing single, engineered functions to supporting multifunctionality. Managing their microbiomes could simultaneously strengthen climate regulation, water retention, pollutant removal, biodiversity and human health, but only if biological restoration is coupled to risk assessment, long-term monitoring and equitable access.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Comment, Opinion
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1740-1526
e-ISSN
1740-1534
Journal
Nature Reviews - Microbiology
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Comparative Microbiome Analysis (COMI)