Teaming with Bacteria: The Organic Gardener's Guide to Endophytic Bacteria and the Rhizophagy Cycle

Teaming #4

by Jeff Lowenfels

In Teaming with Microbes, Jeff Lowenfels revealed the fascinating facts around the soil food web, all the tiny organisms that live in soil and aid a plants growth. In Teaming with Nutrients, he explored how those organisms aid in the uptake of nutrients. And in Teaming with Fungi, he detailed the symbiotic relationship between plants and fungi—the most important organism living in the soil.
 
In his new book Teaming with Bacteria, Lowenfels digs into the new science behind how endophytic bacteria supply nutrients to a large array of plants and explains, in accessible language, how this information applies to home gardeners, small-scale farmers, and cannabis growers. Based on cutting-edge science that will help gardeners increase plant health and productivity, Teaming with Bacteria is a must-have addition to every organic gardener’s library.
 

Genres: Gardening, Science, Plants, Nonfiction, Science Nature, Agriculture

172 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 12, 2022

About the author

Jeff Lowenfels (Lord of the Roots), is one of the most humorous and entertaining lecturers and writers on the organic gardening circuit. He is a reformed lawyer who went back to his childhood roots to become a leader in the organic gardening movement. He is the author of a series of award-winning and bestselling books, three of which have become bibles for organic growers worldwide, including Teaming with Microbes, Teaming with Nutrients, and Teaming with Fungi. Lowenfels has also penned the longest running garden column in North America and was inducted into the Garden Writers of America hall of fame after serving as President. He is the founder of “Plant A Row for The Hungry,” a program which has resulted in millions of pounds of garden produce being donated to feed the hungry every year. He lives in Anchorage Alaska, where cannabis has been legal since 1975.

Reviews

[Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a lover of gardening, I found this book to be very interesting and informative without being over the top. I love that the book included a basic instruction/review of what bacteria are, their make up and behavior, so that the topic of rhizophagy could be better understood without feeling like a college course or degree in biology was required. Great read that I would recommend for any gardeners bookshelf so that you can reread it on a regular basis. Thank you to #NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

[David Bush · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are several mistakes in this book. But the author is not a soil microbiologist, he is a pot smoking, tree hugging, dirt worshiping master gardener that is an excellent agricultural writer. He can take an extremely complex subject and explain it to gardeners (smart folks but not necessarily professional scientists) in garden speak.


Excellent book. I have started reading Teaming with Fungi.

[Patrick Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the writing and the narrator. Lowenfels writes in a fun and engaging manner. Bacteria is wild.

I don’t remember much from this book. I should reread it because it is important information

[Tyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative and easy to read.