Philippot Laurent, Hallin Sara
UMR Microbiologie et Géochimie des Sols, INRA-Université de Bourgogne, CMSE, 17, rue Sully, BV 86510, 21065 Dijon Cedex, France.
Curr Opin Microbiol. 2005 Jun;8(3):234-9. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2005.04.003.
The recent development and application of numerous methods mainly based on 16S rDNA analyses have brought insights into the questions of which and how many bacterial populations can be found in a given ecosystem. A new and challenging question for microbial ecologists has emerged from the exploration of this diversity: what is its significance for ecosystem functioning? We propose the denitrifying bacteria as a model microbial community for understanding the relationship between community structure and activity, and have summarized the recent progress in studies of this functional community.
最近，许多主要基于16S rDNA分析的方法的发展和应用，使人们对在特定生态系统中可以发现哪些细菌种群以及有多少细菌种群的问题有了深入了解。对这种多样性的探索引发了微生物生态学家面临的一个新的具有挑战性的问题：这种多样性对生态系统功能有何意义？我们提出将反硝化细菌作为一个模型微生物群落，以了解群落结构与活性之间的关系，并总结了该功能群落研究的最新进展。
