A microbial consortium is two or more microbial groups living symbiotically.[1]
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Consortium (disambiguation) — A consortium is an association of two or more entities with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal. The term may also refer to: Microbial consortium, a group of symbiotic… … Wikipedia
Microbial metabolism — is the means by which a microbe obtains the energy and nutrients (e.g. carbon) it needs to live and reproduce. Microbes use many different types of metabolic strategies and species can often be differentiated from each other based on metabolic… … Wikipedia
Consortium for Functional Glycomics — Formation 2001 Purpose/focus to define paradigms by which protein carbohydrate interactions mediate cell communication Headquarters The Scripps Research Institute … Wikipedia
Microbial fuel cell — A microbial electrolysis cell A microbial fuel cell (MFC) or biological fuel cell is a bio electrochemical system that drives a current by mimicking bacterial interactions found in nature. Mediator less MFCs are a more recent development; due to… … Wikipedia
Black band disease — is characterized by complete coral tissue degradation due to a pathogenic microbial consortium that appears as a dark red or black migrating microbial mat. [cite journal |title=First aid for massive corals infected with black band disease,… … Wikipedia
Metagenomics — is the study of metagenomes, genetic material recovered directly from environmental samples. The broad field may also be referred to as environmental genomics, ecogenomics or community genomics. Traditional microbiology and microbial genome… … Wikipedia
Анаэробное окисление метана — Анаэробное окисление метана процесс окисления метана до углекислого газа, производимый некультивируемыми (англ. VBNC) археями групп ANME 1, ANME 2 и ANME 3, близкими к Methanosarcinales, в ассоциации с сульфатредуцирующими и… … Википедия
Anaerobic oxidation of methane — (AOM) is a microbial process occurring mainly in anoxic marine sediments. During AOM methane is oxidized with sulfate as the terminal electron acceptor: CH4 + SO42 → HCO3 + HS + H2OAccording to current knowledge, AOM is mediated by a syntrophic… … Wikipedia
White band disease — is characterized by complete coral tissue degradation of Caribbean acroporid corals. Two species are affected, Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis (Gladfelter, 1982). The disease exhibits a sharp demarcation between apparently healthy coral… … Wikipedia
Denitrifikation — Unter Denitrifikation versteht man die Umwandlung des im Nitrat (NO3−) gebundenen Stickstoffs zu molekularem Stickstoff (N2) durch bestimmte heterotrophe und einige autotrophe Bakterien, die demnach als Denitrifikanten bezeichnet werden. Bei… … Deutsch Wikipedia
