Microbial Ecology

Question 1

Microbial ecology

Answer 1

Study of interactions between microorganism sand their environment

Question 2

Pure culture paradigm

Answer 2

Study of microbes in which they were isolated, cultured, and studied as free floating cells

Question 3

Biofilm

Answer 3

Community of microorganisms embedded in an organic polymer matrix (extracellular polymeric substances, EPS) adhering to a surface

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

Assemblages of microbial populations interacting at specific location (habitat)

Question 5

Niche

Answer 5

Functional role of organism within community

Question 6

Micro environment

Answer 6

Where a microbe lives and metabolizes within its habitat

Question 7

Ecosystem

Answer 7

A community of organisms in its natural environment

Question 8

Chemoautotrophy

Answer 8

Deriving energy from chemical oxidation of inorganic compounds and carbon from CO2

Question 9

Biogeochemical cycles

Answer 9

Conversion of nutrients from inorganic to organic forms and back again