BIO 330 HW7

Microorganisms and Nutrients

Directions: In this module, you have learned about nutrient cycles, and you have learned that one of the most important players in nutrient cycles is microorganisms.  Please read the following article:

Whitman, W.B., Coleman, D.C., and Wiebe, W.J. (1998). Prokaryotes: The unseen majority. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95(2): 6578-6583.

http://student.allied.edu/uploadedfiles/Docs/c0dec58e-20d0-460d-88f8-89c066c13e5c.pdf

Write a two page paper in which you summarize and reflect on this very important article that was one of the first to point out the magnitude of nutrients stored in microorganisms.

The paper must be in proper APA format, have a references section, and site at least 2 peer reviewed articles.