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 | |
| 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