Integrating ecological and engineering concepts of resilience in microbial communities

Many definitions of resilience have been proffered for natural and engineered ecosystems, but a conceptual consensus on resilience in microbial communities is still lacking. We argue that the disconnect largely results from the wide variance in microbial community complexity, which range from compos...

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Main Authors: Hyun-Seob eSong, Ryan S. Renslow, Jim K Fredrickson, Steve R. Lindemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01298/full