What Is Microbial Community Ecology?

Konopka, Allan

doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.88

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What Is Microbial Community Ecology?

Konopka, Allan·2009·The ISME Journal

DOI 10.1038/ismej.2009.88

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The activities of complex communities of microbes affect biogeochemical transformations in natural, managed and engineered ecosystems. Meaningfully defining what constitutes a community of interacting microbial populations is not trivial, but is important for rigorous progress in the field. Important elements of research in microbial community ecology include the analysis of functional pathways for nutrient resource and energy flows, mechanistic understanding of interactions between microbial populations and their environment, and the emergent properties of the complex community. Some emergent properties mirror those analyzed by community ecologists who study plants and animals: biological diversity, functional redundancy and system stability. However, because microbes possess mechanisms for the horizontal transfer of genetic information, the metagenome may also be considered as a community property.

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Authors: Konopka, A.
Affiliations: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (US)
Corresponding author: Konopka, Allan
Venue: The ISME Journal
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published: 2009-08-06
Volume: 3
Issue: 11
Pages: 1223-1230
ISSN: 1751-7362 (ISSN-L)
1751-7370
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.88
OpenAlex: W2136631220
Cited by: 554
References: 73
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FWCI: 7.86
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
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Locations: The ISME Journal (publishedVersion)
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Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Keywords: microbial community ecology, microbial interactions, biogeochemical transformation, emergent properties, biodiversity, functional redundancy, system stability, horizontal gene transfer, metagenome, microbial population
MeSH terms: Animals, Ecology, Environmental Microbiology, Genetics, Microbial, Plants, Ecosystem

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What Is Microbial Community Ecology?

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