Publication Date:
2016-03-15
Description:
Nature Reviews Microbiology 14, 251 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.15 Authors: Tom J. Battin, Katharina Besemer, Mia M. Bengtsson, Anna M. Romani & Aaron I. Packmann Streams and rivers form dense networks, shape the Earth's surface and, in their sediments, provide an immensely large surface area for microbial growth. Biofilms dominate microbial life in streams and rivers, drive crucial ecosystem processes and contribute substantially to global biogeochemical fluxes. In turn, water
Print ISSN:
1740-1526
Electronic ISSN:
1740-1534
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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