During the Inventory of Bacterial Genes Present in the Sargasso

question 24

Multiple Choice

During the inventory of bacterial genes present in the Sargasso Sea, a deep isolated area in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a research team concluded that at least 1,800 bacterial species were present. Because habitat structure is usually highly correlated with species diversity, what kind of bacterial diversity would you expect to observe in tropical coral reef waters?

• A) slightly greater species diversity
• B) slightly smaller species diversity
• C) markedly smaller species diversity
• D) markedly greater species diversity

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