The algae then found a new home in the mud, which was also home to soil bacteria.

它在泥巴中找到了新家，而这也是土壤细菌的家。

And since the mice seemed happier when treated with soil bacteria, there's a good chance we would too.

既然被注射过这种土壤细菌的老鼠变得更开心，很可能我们也会这样。

And the only place that they were found, beyond algae and land plants, were bacteria-and in particular, soil bacteria.

除了藻类和陆地植物之外，我们只在细菌中发出了类似基因，尤其是土壤细菌。

Many soil bacteria and fungi ooze out sticky chemicals to glue themselves onto soil surfaces.

许多土壤细菌和真菌会渗出粘性化学物质，将自己粘在土壤表面。

Like, scientists have created insect-resistant GMO crops by giving them genes from soil bacteria — genes they wouldn't be able to obtain just by breeding with other plants.

比如，科学家们通过从土壤细菌中提取基因，创造出了抗虫的转基因作物——这些基因是他们无法通过与其他植物杂交获得的。

Well, in Helsinki, Finland, I visited a company called Solar Foods, which is using a technique called precision fermentation to create a protein-rich flour from a soil bacterium that eats hydrogen.

我参观过位于芬兰赫尔辛基的“阳光食物”公司，该公司使用一种“精确发酵”的技术，从某种消耗氢的土壤细菌制造出富含蛋白质的面粉。

In late spring, the city starts bombing breeding grounds with larvicide - ground-up corncobs saturated with naturally occurring soil bacteria that are deadly to baby mosquitoes but generally harmless to other life.

在春末，纽约开始用幼虫杀蚊剂轰炸滋生蚊子的地区，这种杀虫剂就是把碾碎的玉米棒浸泡在自然产生的土壤细菌中，这些细菌对小蚊子是致命的，但通常对其他生物无害。

When we dig in soil we ingest this bacterium through our lungs or cuts in our skin so Dr Lowry concluded that since the mice seemed happier when treated with soil bacteria, it's likely we would be too.

当我们挖掘土壤时， 我们会通过肺部或皮肤上的伤口摄入这种细菌， 因此洛瑞博士得出结论， 由于小鼠在接受土壤细菌治疗后看起来更快乐，我们很可能也会如此。