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Long term effects of loss of biodiversity on the Great Barrier Reef

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Great Barrier Reef has an intricate network of the food web. A loss of biodiversity will lead to the loss of species that form connections within this food web. Example if the phytoplanktons become extinct in the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem then the primary consumers like the zooplanktons will get negatively affected. Food chains that depend on this producer will collapse eventually leading to the extinction of several species. The long term effect of such a loss in biodiversity will be the collapse of the food web. This will adversely effect the ecosystem and the livelihood of humans that depend on it.

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2- Single rod-shaped bacterium- Bacilli -A rod-shape bacterium or archaeon is a bacillus (plural bacilli), or bacilliform bacterium. In several different taxonomic classes, bacilli are found. Bacilli typically divide and are solitary in the same plane, but can combine to form diplobacilli, streptobacilli, and palisades.[2]

Diplobacilli: Two bacilli with each other arranged side by side.

Streptobacilli: Arranged bacilli in chains.

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3- Cluster of round bacteria - Staphylococci - In the family Staphylococcaceae from the order Bacillales, Staphylococcus is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria. They appear spherical (cocci) under the microscope, and form into grape-like clusters. The species Staphylococcus are facultative anaerobic organisms (both aerobically and anaerobically capable of growth)

4- String of rod-shaped bacteria- Streptobacillus -Streptobacillus is a genus of fastidious gram-negative microaerophilic bacteria, an uncommon disease that develops in culture as rods in chains.t and can be caused by two forms of bacteria, Spirillum minus and Streptobacillus moniliformis.

5- Comma-shaped bacterium- Vibrio -Vibrio is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria with a curved-rod (comma) shape, which can cause foodborne infection in several animals, typically associated with consuming undercooked seafood. Vibrio species, usually found in salt water, are optional anaerobes that test positive for oxidase and do not form spores.

6- Corkscrew-shaped bacterium- Spirillium -Spirillum, a genus of spiral-shaped bacteria of the Spirillaceae family, aquatic with the exception of one species (S. minus) causing a form of human rat-bite fever. For any of the corkscrew-like animals, the name spirillum is used commonly.

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