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microdiversity

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  • noun biology The diversity of phylogenetically closely related but physiologically distinct populations of bacteria

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micro- +‎ diversity

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Examples

  • "If we are still finding new species of fishes in the Gulf, imagine how much diversity -- especially microdiversity -- is out there that we do not know about."

    Signs of the Times 2010

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