Conceptual challenges in microbial community ecology

James I Prosser; Jennifer B H Martiny

doi:10.1098/rstb.2019.0241

Conceptual challenges in microbial community ecology

James I Prosser^* (Corresponding Author), Jennifer B H Martiny

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University of California at Irvine

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Abstract

Microorganisms play fundamental roles in all environments. Through their vast genetic, metabolic and physiological diversity, they drive global nutrient cycles, degrade waste material and pollutants and produce and consume greenhouse gases. These different aspects of diversity provide interesting and exciting scientific challenges and ensure that an understanding of the ecology of microbial communities, or microbiomes, is essential for predicting an ecosystem's ‘health’ and its resilience, whether in the human gut, agricultural soil or the open ocean.

Original language	English
Article number	20190241
Number of pages	3
Journal	Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Volume	375
Issue number	1798
Early online date	23 Mar 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0241
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2020

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We received no funding for this study.

Keywords

ecology
evolution
genomics
microbiology

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Conceptual challenges in microbial community ecology

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