Stoichiometry of natural bacterial assemblages from lakes located across an elevational gradient

Abstract Heterotrophic bacteria are thought to be phosphorus-rich organisms with relatively homeostatic stoichiometry, but the elemental composition of natural bacterial communities has rarely been assessed. Here we tested whether bacterial stoichiometry changes with the trophic status of lakes by a...

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Main Authors: Birgit Stenzel, Carina Rofner, Maria Teresa Pérez, Ruben Sommaruga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06282-0