Provide a reason for the ecological importance of pelagic Ba

Provide a reason for the ecological importance of pelagic Bacteria and Archaea

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Ecological importance of Archaea=

Archaea lives in hostile environments from salt lakes to acidic hot springs .

these microbes are called as extremophiles because they thrive under conditions that from human vantage clearly extreme

example - hydrodermal vents & deep sea

Ecology also considers the evolutionary origin of species & studies of extremophiles helps redraw the evolutionary tree of life

They recycle the essential elements & regulate the biogeochemical processes

some marine archaea is capable of nitrification suggest that they affect the oceanic nitrogen cycle

Number of archaea are found in the sediments that cover the sea floor

Recycle elements such as C ,N & Sulphur

Ecological importance of pelagic bacteria

1] are important component of the planktonic food web