Freshwater microbial communities

What will be an ideal response?


-Usually oligotrophic
-Oxygenic phototrophs are in the epilimnion
-When receives large concentrations of nutrients, can become eutrophic.

-Causes algal blooms:
--Phosphates
--Nitrates
--Organic pollutants

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To produce a genomic library DNA, DNA fragments are incorporated into plasmids which are injected

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An assessment of the social impact of a corporation on society is called a:

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