Writing Exercise 1

The phrase “microbial population” describes a single species of microbe that inhabits a specific ecological area. This population will look different depending on the microbe in the population. This is generally dictated by the morphology and behavior of me the microbe. In contrast a microbial community is made up all microbes in a given ecological area. Like a population, a community will vary in its behavior based on the microbes present.

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