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Jet001 [13]
3 years ago
15

Microorganisms can mutate and evolve very quickly compared to most multicellular organisms. This allows pathogenic microorganism

s to infect new species. Suppose a very harmful microorganism that is quite successful at infecting hardwood trees is introduced into a forest ecosystem. What effect would this pathogenic microorganism most likely have?
Biology
2 answers:
jek_recluse [69]3 years ago
7 0

It would disrupt the ecosystem by greatly reducing the population of a few species.

kodGreya [7K]3 years ago
6 0
Most likely, it would effect many trees depending on the rate of infection and how much of this microorganism is released to the environment. I hope that helped :)
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