In a recent article in this journal,Cai et al.(2019)argue that,until now,“the importance of soil biofilms has largely been ignored”,and that this oversight needs to be corrected because,from their perspective,biofil...In a recent article in this journal,Cai et al.(2019)argue that,until now,“the importance of soil biofilms has largely been ignored”,and that this oversight needs to be corrected because,from their perspective,biofilms are a“dominant growth form”,central to many processes occurring in soils.These authors make a fervent plea that research take place in different fields“to lay the foundation for researching soil biofilms and to drive this field into a new era.”展开更多
文摘In a recent article in this journal,Cai et al.(2019)argue that,until now,“the importance of soil biofilms has largely been ignored”,and that this oversight needs to be corrected because,from their perspective,biofilms are a“dominant growth form”,central to many processes occurring in soils.These authors make a fervent plea that research take place in different fields“to lay the foundation for researching soil biofilms and to drive this field into a new era.”