Microbial Ecology & Eco Systems

Freshwater Microbial Ecology

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Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is normally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Freshwater habitats are divided into lentic systems, which are the still waters including ponds, lakes and mires; lotic systems, which are running water; and groundwater which flows in rocks and aquifers.

Microbes are natural and vital members of all aquatic communities, and are the foundation of lake and stream ecology—without them the natural water worlds would not be possible. Fresh-water ecosystems require energy inputs to conserve the organisms within. In lakes and streams, plants and also certain microbes conduct photosynthesis to harvest the Sun's energy. Microbial photosynthesizers include protists (known as algae) and cyanobacteria .

Relevant Conferences:

World Congress on Mycotoxins February 27-28, 2017 Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9th International Virology Congress and Expo March 13-14, 2017 London, UK, 10th World Congress on Virology and Mycology May 11-12, 2017 Singapore, International Conference On Microbial Engineering May 29-31, 2017 Beijing, China International Conference on Fungal Diseases & Control September 25-26, 2017 Dubai, UAE, 7th Annual Congress on Clinical MicrobiologySeptember 25-26, 2017 Chicago, USA, International Conference on Microbial Ecology September 18-20, 2017 Toronto, Canada