Microbial loop

The microbial loop describes a trophic pathway where, in aquatic systems, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is returned to higher trophic levels via its incorporation...

which in turn eat phytoplankton The microbial loop: Bacteria play central roles in aquatic food webs. The microbial loop refers to a process in aquatic ecosystems...

stimulate microbial growth. As much as 25% of the primary production from phytoplankton in the global oceans may be recycled within the microbial loop through...

at other surface layers. The microbial loop is a trophic pathway in the marine microbial food web. The term "microbial loop" was coined by Azam et al. (1983)...

variables and microbial activity, consequently augmenting our comprehension of microbial dynamics across various ecosystems. The microbial loop describes...

(DOC) and ammonium than omnivorous diets. The microbial loop describes a trophic pathway in the marine microbial food web where dissolved organic carbon (DOC)...

ocean. The second central process in the marine food web is the microbial loop. This loop degrades marine bacteria and archaea, remineralises organic and...

single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from antiquity, with an early attestation in Jain literature...

defined more precisely in 1988 by Whipps et al. as "a characteristic microbial community occupying a reasonably well-defined habitat which has distinct...

A microbial consortium or microbial community, is two or more bacterial or microbial groups living symbiotically. Consortiums can be endosymbiotic or ectosymbiotic...