Microbial Biodiversity, Measurement of

Kate M. Scow; Egbert Schwartz; Mara J. Johnson; Jennifer L. Macalady

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00434-2

Microbial Biodiversity, Measurement of

Kate M. Scow, Egbert Schwartz, Mara J. Johnson, Jennifer L. Macalady

Biological Sciences

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Abstract

Microbial diversity is the measure of the number or relative abundance of microbial species in a local area or region. Measuring microbial diversity may involve counting individual species, numbers of functional groups, or units operationally defined by the particular method being used.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
Subtitle of host publication	Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	259-270
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9780123847195
ISBN (Print)	9780123847201
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00434-2
State	Published - 2001

Keywords

Analysis of cellular constituents
Counting microorganisms
Enzyme assays
Fatty acid analysis
MPN methods
Measurement of diversity
Microbial biodiversity
Microbial species
Microscopy
Nucleic acids
Plate counts
Substrate utilization patterns

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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