Publisher : FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Place of publication : Brazil
Publication year : 2015
Thematic : Conservation
Language : English
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The diversity of microorganisms is critical to the functioning of the ecosystem, because there is the need to maintain ecological processes such as decomposition of organic matter, nutrient cycling, soil aggregation and controlling pathogens within the ecosystem (Kennedy 1999). The functional diversity is very important in ecological assessments of microorganisms within the ecosystem, mainly because little is known about the relationship between the structural and functional diversity of these microorganisms. There is, however, a consensus that microbial diversity is directly related to ecosystem stability (Yamanaka et al. 2003).
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Keywords : Invasive pathogens and insects
Encoded by : Lilibeth R. Cabebe2
