Determining Microbial Roles in Ecosystem Function: Redefining Microbial Food Webs and Transcending Kingdom Barriers

ABSTRACT Microorganisms can have a profound and varying effect on the chemical character of environments and, thereby, ecological health. Their capacity to consume or transform contaminants leads to contrasting outcomes, such as the dissipation of nutrient pollution via denitrification, the breakdow...

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Main Author: Kim M. Handley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-06-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00153-19