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Preferred term

microbial community

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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

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