Microbiology - Microbes in Aquatic Environment - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Microbes in Aquatic Environment - Section 1 (Q.No. 10)

Microbes in Aquatic Environment

10.

Metabolism of dissolved organic material released by phytoplankton allows heterotrophic bacteria to become part of the particulate organic matter that is passed up the food web to be metabolized and released as mineral elements and CO₂ at each transfer. This sentence describes the

microbial loop

Winogradsky column

Redfield ratio

Gibbs free energy