Environmental Microbiology
Abstract Micro‐organisms are critical to life on earth. They are at the very bottom of the food chain, providing the nutrients required to sustain other forms of life. Scientists are only now discovering the extent to which micro‐organisms control broad biochemical processes, such as the cycling of...
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Wiley
2006
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470057339.vam022 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9780470057339.vam022 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/9780470057339.vam022 |
| Summary: | Abstract Micro‐organisms are critical to life on earth. They are at the very bottom of the food chain, providing the nutrients required to sustain other forms of life. Scientists are only now discovering the extent to which micro‐organisms control broad biochemical processes, such as the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. Bacteria live in all habitats accessible to any form of life – from Antarctic lakes to deep oceanic hot water vents – even 2000m below the earth's surface, where no fresh organic input has been experienced for millennia. Rigorous investigation of environmental issues must recognize, and take account of, microorganisms. |
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