@article{1441503, author = {Singh, Raghvendra Pratap and Manchanda, Geetanjali, and Bhattacharjee, Kaushik, and Panosyan, Hovik,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1441503}, title = {Microbes in microbial communities : ecological and applied perspectives /}, abstract = {The book overviews the complex interactions amongst the microbes and their possible applications. Emphasis has been made to include a wide spectrum of experimental and theoretical contributions from eminent researchers in the field. Microbial communities are the assemblages of microorganisms of various species which live together in the same environment and continuously interact with each other. The microbial cells in communities display unique phenotypes that affect the survival and reproduction of other cells present around them. These phenotypes constitute the social adaptations that drive the interactions between microbial cells. The interactions, further determine the productivity, stability and the ability of community to resist the environmental perturbations. These microbial communities live with extremely competitive niche and fight for their survival and genetic persistence. But they frequently appear in niche with multifaceted and interactive webs rather than the planktonic nature.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5617-0}, recid = {1441503}, pages = {1 online resource}, }