But the weirdest reason it's tough to compost meat and dairy is how delicious soil microbes find animal protein.

但最奇怪的理由是，把要肉和奶制品制成堆肥，是很困难的，因为土壤微生物会发现动物蛋白非常“美味”。

They use a soil microbe to transform loose aggregates, like sand or crushed stone, into a biofabricated, or biocement, brick.

他们使用一种土壤微生物，将砂砾或碎石之类的碎颗粒转换成生物制造的砖头，又称生物水泥砖。

A few years back, scientists found a soil microbe called Chromobacterium CspP living in the guts of mosquitoes in Panama.

几年前, 科学家们在巴拿马的蚊子身上发现了一种被称为色素细菌CspP的土壤微生物。

And then the soil microbes are decomposing things.

然后土壤微生物正在分解东西。

That's because plants trap carbon dioxide by photosynthesis, and soil microbes emit it by the process of respiration.

这是因为植物通过光合作用捕获二氧化碳，而土壤微生物通过呼吸过程释放二氧化碳。

While a proportion of these carbon products remain in the plant, some transfer from the roots to fungi and soil microbes, which store the carbon in the soil.

这些碳产品中一部分会留在植物中，另一些会从植物根部转移到真菌和土壤细菌中，它们会将碳保留在土壤里。

So the next time you support an environmental cause, maybe through a nonprofit donation or volunteer work, remember, soil microbes need conservation too.

所以下次你支持环保事业时，也许通过非营利性捐赠或志愿者工作， 请记住，土壤微生物也需要保护。