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Microbial Ecology: Community Coalescence Stirs Things Up.

Authors :
Rillig MC
Mansour I
Source :
Current biology : CB [Curr Biol] 2017 Dec 04; Vol. 27 (23), pp. R1280-R1282.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

When methane-producing microbial communities are mixed experimentally, the resulting community is dominated by the community with the greatest resource-use efficiency. These results suggest a degree of community cohesion, or the maintenance of that initial community in the mix.<br /> (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1879-0445
Volume :
27
Issue :
23
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Current biology : CB
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
29207271
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.027