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SUBMITTER: Nazaries L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3697577 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nazaries Loïc L Pan Yao Y Bodrossy Levente L Baggs Elizabeth M EM Millard Peter P Murrell J Colin JC Singh Brajesh K BK
Applied and environmental microbiology 20130426 13
Microbes play an essential role in ecosystem functions, including carrying out biogeochemical cycles, but are currently considered a black box in predictive models and all global biodiversity debates. This is due to (i) perceived temporal and spatial variations in microbial communities and (ii) lack of ecological theory explaining how microbes regulate ecosystem functions. Providing evidence of the microbial regulation of biogeochemical cycles is key for predicting ecosystem functions, including ...[more]