Nice info guys.. I gotta be honest.. while your medical journal insight is great for looking smart I think I, along with the rest of the community in here, would love if everything was to the point and in laymen terms. I already graduated from college, I just wanna grasp the to the point info instead of getting the ENTIRE genetic engineers notes on the reason they formulated a new product. So point being.. I gather some like a sterile system but you can open yourself to "SUPER BUGS" or some people like live systems with protective myco systems protecting the roots. Got it!... I just want my plants to grow good without issues.. I will not run a completely sterile system.. too many benefits with other stuff which is much more natural in sense.
Let me start by apologizing for over complicating things, my intentions were simply to provide information for anyone who was interested.
So here is a simple analogy:
Brown bugs will only eat organic matter.
Red bugs will only eat sugars.
Blue bugs will only eat nitrogen.
Yellow bugs will only eat brown bugs.
Green bugs will only eat red bugs.
Purple bugs will only eat blue bugs.
In turn each bug shits out something another bug will eat or something the plant can use, stuff even science doesn't grasp yet.
If there is only Brown bugs, Green bugs and purple bugs the bugs will die from starvation or over-run an environment due to the fact there are no predators/food.
The key point I am trying to make is there needs to be a DIVERSE population of bugs so that a balance is maintained.
FJ