No laila me kēia koʻikoʻi nui no ka mālama ʻana i ke ola, pono mākou e ʻike hou aku iā lākou a mākou e ʻike nei i kēia manawa. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo nā microbes, ʻoiaʻiʻo, microscopic e noho ana ma lalo o ka lepo ʻoiai aia nā miliona o nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona ola e ʻike ai. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻohe kumuhana maʻalahi e aʻo ai: ʻaʻole ulu kekahi mau ʻano i ka lab.
Eia kekahi, hemo maʻalahi ka ʻupena i ka wā e hoʻāʻo ai mākou ʻikepili telegram i ka unuhi mai ka lepo. ʻAʻole loaʻa nā 'cells' o kekahi o lākou, ua kaʻana like ko lākou nuclei me ka DNA ma waena o nā pūnaewele, e hana ana i nā ʻupena i hiki ke lōʻihi ke kilomika. nui nā kumu i ko mākou ʻike ʻole e pili ana i nā fungi mycorrhizal.
Akā, ma kahi o 80% o nā mea kanu ʻāina i kēia lā i hui pū me nā haʻi; hui pū nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe me nā bacteria. A, ʻike ʻoe, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻōlelo he mea maʻalahi ka lilo ʻana i mea ʻepekema. ʻO kahi pepa hou i paʻi ʻia ma Iune e lawe mai i ka mālamalama hou i ka nīnau. Hiki iā Matthew Whiteside a me kāna mau hoa hana ke ʻike i nā mea ʻike ʻole.