Abstract
EDITORIAL article Front. Microbiol., 02 December 2015Sec. Aquatic Microbiology Volume 6 - 2015 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01364
Highlights
Specialty section: This article was submitted to Aquatic Microbiology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology
Microbial communities may be structured by a large number of factors among which are environmental conditions: local, contemporary environmental conditions select and sort microorganisms according to their ecological niche (Hutchinson, 1957)
It has been suggested that the response of microbes to environmental conditions and changes thereof is mediated by a complex combination of adjustment, replacement and species interaction mechanisms, all facilitated by their fast population growth rates (Allison and Martiny, 2008; Comte and del Giorgio, 2011)
Summary
Specialty section: This article was submitted to Aquatic Microbiology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. Given that many ecosystems are undergoing rapid and major environmental changes, obtaining a quantitative and process-level understanding of the mechanisms that affect microbes and microbial communities is pivotal for predicting the responses of microbial communities to novel or changing selective forces and their implications at the local, regional and global scale.
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