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 - Jan 1 2001 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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