环境微生物学-郑平-教学课件-8生态.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Figure: 11-23 Caption: Possible mechanism of bacterial speciation. Several ecotypes can coexist in a single microbial habitat, each occupying their own prime ecological niche. When a beneficial mutation occurs within an ecotype, the cell containing the adaptive mutation will eventually form a population that will replace the original ecotype. As this occurs repeatedly within a given ecotype, a genetically distinct population of cells arises that represents a new species. Because other ecotypes do not compete for the same resources, they are unaffected b