The Spatial Distribution of Microbes in the Environment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Franklin, Rima B. (Editor), Mills, Aaron L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Geobiology.; Microbial ecology.; Statistics.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Ecology.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.

Microbes are very small and, as individuals, are capable of influencing a portion of the environment only slightly larger than their own body size, i.e., a few microns. However, their impact on the landscape is enormous, and ecosystem processes such as organic matter decomposition, denitrification,...