Metabolically related populations constitute groupings called guilds. Sets of guilds conducting complementary physiological processes interact to form microbial communities. In a microbial ecosystem individual cells grow to form populations
Metabolically related populations constitute groupings called guilds. Sets of guilds conducting complementary physiological processes interact to form microbial communities. In a microbial ecosystem individual cells grow to form populations
Individual Population
Community 2 Community 1 Oxic zone- Photic zone- Chemoorganotrophic cyanobacteria and algae bacteria C6H1206+602一→ 6C02+6H0→ 6C02+6H20 C6H1206+602 Sediments Anoxic zone
Community 3
Community 3
Microbial communities then interact with communities of macroorganisms to define the entire ecosystem
Microbial communities then interact with communities of macroorganisms to define the entire ecosystem