Soil biofilm formation enhances microbial community diversity and metabolic activity

Biofilms have been extensively studied in aquatic and clinical environments. However, the complexity of edaphic microenvironment hinders the advances toward understanding the environmental functionalities and ecological roles of soil biofilms. In this work, artificial soil was employed to investigat...

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Main Authors: Yichao Wu, Peng Cai, Xinxin Jing, Xueke Niu, Dandan Ji, Noha Mohamed Ashry, Chunhui Gao, Qiaoyun Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019320392