Composition influences the pathway but not the outcome of the metabolic response of bacterioplankton to resource shifts.

Bacterioplankton community metabolism is central to the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, and strongly reactive to changes in the environment, yet the processes underlying this response remain unclear. Here we explore the role that community composition plays in shaping the bacterial metabolic resp...

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Main Authors: Jérôme Comte, Paul A Del Giorgio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3181318?pdf=render