2020/1/27/ · The soil is a living entity because of the presence of a multitude microflora including actinomycetes (Bhatti et al. 2017), algae, bacteria, and fungi (Khanday et al. 2016; Bhat et al. 2017; Sofi et al. 2017).According to an estimate, about 1 × 10 8 microorganisms exist in 1 g of soil. microorganisms exist in 1 g of soil.