Which of the Following Represents Increasing Microbial Diversity

Question

Which of the following represents increasing microbial diversity?
A) guild-community-population
B) population-guild-community
C) cell-community-population
D) community-guild-population

Accepted Answer

Population refers to organisms of the same species in a given area. A guild includes different species that exploit the same resources in similar ways. A community encompasses all the different species living in a particular area. Thus, moving from population to guild to community represents increasing microbial diversity.