Resource niche overlap promotes stability of bacterial community metabolism in experimental microcosms

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Hunting, Ellard R ^a   Vijver, Martina G ^a   van der Geest, Harm G ^b   Mulder, Christian ^c   Kraak, Michiel H S ^b   Breure, Anton M ^c,d   Admiraal, Wim ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Functional redundancy; Niche complementarity; Niche overlap; Redox potential; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AMINOBACTER; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLAVOBACTERIUM; LAKE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PARACOCCUS PANTOTROPHUS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84927521343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00105     Document Type: Article

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