Microorganism Reading Week 5
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What are the phototrophic producers of the open ocean known as?

  • Phytoplankton (correct)
  • Diatoms
  • Zooplankton
  • Cyanobacteria
  • Which cyanobacteria fix nitrogen as well as carbon?

  • Chrysophytes
  • Synechoccus
  • Prochlorococcus
  • Trichodesmium (correct)
  • What process breaks down about half of the microbial biomass in the food web?

  • Decomposition
  • Viral predation (correct)
  • Photosynthesis
  • Predation by zooplankton
  • What is the major sink for carbon and nitrogen in the ecosystem?

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    Which organisms fix both CO2 through photosynthesis and consume microbial prey?

    <p>Mixotrophs</p> Signup and view all the answers

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