Preferred term
microbial community
Is replaced by
Definition
- [SOULAS Guy] A microbial community is a functional unit which is characterized by a wide range of metabolic\ \ capacities (Wünsche et al, 1995). The pattern of carbon substrates utilization may be used as a\ \ fingerprint with the possibility of classifying microbial communities of different soils or\ \ comparing the modification of the structure of a stressed microbial community...
Broader concept
Entry terms
- microbial commun
- microbial communication
- microbial communities
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0657