Prescott's Microbiology
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Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
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Chapter 30, Problem 1AL
The unicellular cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus sp. is the most abundant photosynthetic microbe in tropical and subtropical oceans. At least two ecotypes exist: one is adapted to high light and the other to lower light intensities. How does the presence of these two ecotypes contribute to their physiological success and their numerical success? How would you determine the amount of fixed carbon they contribute to these open-ocean ecosystems?
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Ch. 30.1 - Prob. 1MICh. 30.1 - What factors influence oxygen solubility? How is...Ch. 30.1 - Describe the buffering system that regulates the...Ch. 30.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 30.1 - What features of a thermocline make it similar to...Ch. 30.2 - How is sulfur cycled between the anoxygenic...Ch. 30.2 - Prob. 1.1CCCh. 30.2 - Prob. 1.2CCCh. 30.2 - How do heterotrophic microbes contribute to the...Ch. 30.2 - Prob. 3MI
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