Environmental parameters and microbial community profiles as indication towards microbial activities and diversity in aquaponic system compartments

Abstract Background An aquaponic system couples cultivation of plants and fish in the same aqueous medium. The system consists of interconnected compartments for fish rearing and plant production, as well as for water filtration, with all compartments hosting diverse microbial communities, which int...

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Main Authors: Zala Schmautz, Carlos A. Espinal, Andrea M. Bohny, Fabio Rezzonico, Ranka Junge, Emmanuel Frossard, Theo H. M. Smits
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-020-02075-0