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Spermosphere
It is the volume of soil that surrounds a seed. It is an area of increased microbial activity around a germinating seed because of the nutrients leaked into the soil by the germinating seeds. In 1904, M. Duggali was the first to report about the bacterial flora carried by healthy seeds. While most of the microbes are harmless, some may be positively beneficial and some of them may be pathogenic.