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Chironomus plumosus larvae increase fluxes of denitrification products and diversity of nitrate-reducing bacteria in freshwater sediment.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Feb 2014
Poulsen Morten, Kofoed Michael V W, Larsen Lone H, Schramm Andreas, Stief Peter
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Benthic invertebrates affect microbial processes and communities in freshwater sediment by enhancing sediment-water solute fluxes and by grazing on bacteria. Using microcosms, the effects of larvae of the widespread midge Chironomus plumosus on the efflux of denitrification products (N2O and N2+N2O) and the diversity and abundance of nitrate- and nitrous-oxide-reducing bacteria were investigated. Additionally,...
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