The Structure and Function of Aquatic Microbial Communities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hurst, Christon J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Advances in Environmental Microbiology, 7
• Subjects: Microbiology.; Microbial ecology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Microbial Ecology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

This book discusses how aquatic microbial communities develop interactive metabolic coordination both within and between species to optimize their energetics. It explains that microbial community structuration often includes functional stratification among a multitude of organisms that variously exi...