Making the world better, one answer at a time. Rich soil is made up of sand, silt, clay and organic matter (compost) in various stages of decomposition. Humus is the stable remains of decayed organic matter, carbon remains of unknown sorts that attach themselves to clay to improve soil structure. Humus has the ability to increase the soil's water retention, buffer PH , and helps the plant use nutrients although humus is not fertilizer but humic acids and humins.
Leptospirosis, also called Weil's disease, is a bacteria that many rats carry without showing symptoms of infection. Humans become infected when contaminated rat urine or feces comes in contact with mucous membranes. Symptoms in people include headache, fever, vomiting, rash and muscle aches.
Scanning electron micrograph of Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague, on proventricular spines of a Xenopsylla cheopis flea. NIAID. Yersinia pestis (sometimes spelled Yersina) is the name of the bacteria that causes the bubonic plague.. pestis is primarily the cause of disease in a wide variety of rodents, including marmots, ground squirrels, gerbils, and prairie dogs, and, most famously, rats, specifically the black rat (Rattus rattus) (and almost certainly not the brown rat (R. norvegicus), despite what you might have heard).