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Title: What are the levels of microbial associations in the environment? How do they relate to an ecosystem?
Post by: LaDunn on Oct 17, 2019

Question 1

The organic material found in topsoil is called (humus/peat/compost).

Question 2

What are the levels of microbial associations in the environment? How do they relate to an ecosystem?

Title: What are the levels of microbial associations in the environment? How do they relate to an ecosystem?
Post by: okolip on Oct 17, 2019

Answer 1

humus

Answer 2

Microorganisms are associated with each other at many levels in the environment. Individual growing and reproducing organisms that are all of one species are referred to as a population. Populations of microorganisms performing metabolically related processes are known as guilds. Guilds constitute communities. Guilds and populations within a community typically reside in their own habitat. Together, the organisms, environment, and relationship between the two constitute the ecosystem.

Title: What are the levels of microbial associations in the environment? How do they relate to an ecosystem?
Post by: LaDunn on Oct 17, 2019

Thanks

Title: What are the levels of microbial associations in the environment? How do they relate to an ecosystem?
Post by: okolip on Oct 17, 2019

Welcome :)