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A bacterial consorm or bacterial community is a group of different types of bacteria - within a biomass - that summatively act as a unit, with each type of bacteria contributing to the function of the consorm (community).[1]

This is a rarely used term that is mostly synonymous to consortium.

See also

References

  1. ^ Cullimore, D. Roy (2010). "1 Bacterial Communities by Location and Function". Practical Atlas for Bacterial Identification (Second ed.). CRC Press. pp. 1–9. ISBN 978-1-4200-8798-7. 10.1201/9781420087987-c1. Retrieved 2012-01-11.