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The ecological function of these toxins is still unknown.

Information gained from this study will help unravel the ecological function of these organisms and their interactions with other organisms in both natural and industrial environments.

For nearly all of these cases, there is no experimental evidence to support an ecological function of the fluorescence, and much of the time – for example, fluorescent keratin in human fingernails – it may merely be a byproduct of the molecule's chemical structure, without functional significance.

Usually, anthropogenic activities have the potential to alter a landscape structure and ecological function of the landscape overtime (Long et al. 2010; Morris 2010).

On the same field, the sustainable production of food and biomass is possible, while simultaneously, especially in marginal areas, the ecological function of the landscape can be improved.

The ecological function of the microbial EPS secretion has to be considered: for instance, bacteria attach firmly to a substratum with the help of EPS while diatoms secrete EPS for locomotion [38].

The ecological function of the domicile is currently unknown.

The ecological function of the terphenylquinones and related derivatives is not well known.

Despite the recognized importance of riparian zones for ecological, economic and social reasons, and the vast amount of scientific literature exploring measures for their conservation, current management is still failing at enabling a proper ecological functioning of these areas.

Thus, the Methanocalculus-specific qPCR assay developed in this study is a highly sensitive tool for the rapid and efficient quantification of Methanocalculus populations in methanogenic environments and understanding of the ecological functions of these methanogens.

Moreover, the cellular or ecological functions of these metabolites are currently unknown (Gerke et al. 2012b).