Dynamics in microbial communities: Unraveling mechanisms to identify principles

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1488-1495

  Konopka, Allan ^a   Lindemann, Stephen ^a   Fredrickson, Jim ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84932194594     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.251     Document Type: Review

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