What factors contribute to bacterial growth and loss?
1. Temperature increased temperature increased growth rate (to a point) 2. Nutrient Resources amount and quality of dissolved organic matter and inorganic nutrients (esp. P and N); can influence total numbers and community composition 3. Predation grazing by protozoans and other organisms – Can be responsible for shaping not only bacterial population composition, but also size structure of the community 4. Viral lyzing of bacterial cells 5. variation in size and sinking rates 6.
