Aquatic
Environment
Microbiology
The
biosphere
of
our
planet
contains
a
large
number
of
ecosystems
in
which
microorganisms
play
an
important
part.
Water
is
the
dominant
environment
of
these
ecosystems,
since
ocean
covers
about
71
%
of
the
globe's
surface.
Although
water
forms
the
basis
for
all
aquatic
environments,
the
difference
in
the
characteristics
of
natural
water
distinguishes
several
different
aquatic
environments.
Thus,
microbial
ecology
of
natural
waters
remains
an
important
and
diversified
field.
In
general,
aquatic
microorganisms
experience
highly
fluctuating,
highly
varying
environmental
factors.
These
factors
vary
not
only
among
different
aquatic
environments,
even
within
the
same
aquatic
environment.
This
contributes
to
the
well
pronounced
microbial
biodiversity
in
aquatic
environments.
Inspite
of
the
continuing
researches
in
aquatic
microbiology,
much
have
to
be
deciphered
about
the
aquatic
microorganisms.
The
difficulties
in
the
study
of
aquatic
microorganisms
and
their
environment
are
slowly
being
rectified
with
the
introduction
of
modern
techniques
.
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