Microbes are aerobic sub-aquatic creatures that need moisture, but the soil, along with many of these microbes, are aerobic and need good air infiltration in the soil. Organic matter  (https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009857) Soil hydration status has been shown to be a key variable that governs multiple functions of microbial life such as community structure [7], horizontal gene transfer rate [8], cell dispersal [9–11] and nutrient diffusion (both aqueous and gaseous) [6]. From a nutrient flux perspective, too wet or too dry soil conditions are generally unfavorable for bacterial activity, due to either a lack of oxygen when saturated or limited aqueous nutrient diffusion in dry soil. Optimal nutrient and gaseous fluxes, and related high growth rates, are often supported at intermediate hydration levels [12].