Microbial diversity creates a global firewall against pathogens in soil.

Publication date: May 13, 2026

Soil is a critical ecological contributor to plant and animal health. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Xiong et al. use global metagenomic data to show that human pathogens linked to diseases like tuberculosis, melioidosis, and sepsis are widespread in humid and agricultural soils harboring reduced microbial diversity.

Concepts Keywords
Agricultural Animals
Firewall Bacteria
Global Biodiversity
Health Humans
Tuberculosis Melioidosis
Metagenomics
Microbiota
Soil
Soil
Soil Microbiology
Tuberculosis

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH tuberculosis
pathway KEGG Tuberculosis
disease MESH melioidosis
disease MESH sepsis

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