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Endogenous And Exogenous Factors Driving Bacterial Community Composition In Aquatic Ecosystems, Javad Sadeghi

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The bacterial community (BC) composition in various habitats, ranging from ecosystems to host anatomy, plays an important role in determining the nature and role of BC function in the ecosystem or host. However, the relative importance of host endogenous and environmental exogenous factors in determining the composition of the BC in aquatic habitats (e.g., freshwater lakes, fish hosts) remains poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap, this thesis makes several contributions to the estimation of the relative effects of endo-exogenous factors in driving the BC composition in aquatic ecosystem. To test the impact of biotic and abiotic factors on aquatic …