Essays Tagged: "spores"
Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
ram-positive, aerobic, nonmotile, rod-shaped bacteria related to theActinomycetes. They do not form spores or branch as do the actinomycetes, but theyhave the characteristic of forming irregular shape ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Fungus
gi form spherical masses called sclerotia, which range in size from a grain of sand to a cantaloupe.Spores are the most common way of fungi to reproduce. Spores are tiny particles of protoplasm within ... es of protoplasm within walls. A single fungus may produce from several million to several trillion spores. Spores are formed in two ways, the first, the union of two or more nuclei within a specializ ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Fungi
gi form spherical masses called sclerotia, which range in size from a grain of sand to a cantaloupe.Spores are the most common way of fungi to reproduce. Spores are tiny particles of protoplasm within ... es of protoplasm within walls. A single fungus may produce from several million to several trillion spores. Spores are formed in two ways, the first, the union of two or more nuclei within a specializ ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Name the three major types of vascular plants and discuss each. (Lower Vascular Plants, Gymnosperms, Division Anthophyta: Angiosperms or Flowering Plants
scaly leaves. Sporangia appear on the upper surface of the leaves and are structures that produce spores. Lycopods have small leaves that each contains one vein that brings water to the leaf from t ... lly found on the underside of fern leaves. Cells in the sporangia undergo meiosis and form haploid spores that are released into the air.GymnospermsGymnosperm, meaning naked seed includes some ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
A Marxist Analysis of a Star Trek Episode: This Side of Paradise.
. The colonists are all in perfect health, and after investigating the cause, a strange plant whose spores remove all negative emotions and feelings. Spock, and other normally regimented members of th ... otions and feelings. Spock, and other normally regimented members of the crew are affected by these spores and mutiny follows, leaving Captain Kirk as the sole remaining crew member on board.In this a ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
Anthrax
testine). If people have been intentionally exposed, as in a bioterrorist release, breathing in the spores or contact with skin would be the most likely routes of exposure.How common is anthrax and wh ... a cut or scratch in the skin.Inhalation - Some anthrax infections occur when people breathe in the spores of he bacteria (a spore is the form that certain bacteria take in unfavorable growing conditi ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Biome Desert and Food Chain
ater is necessary for life. Some life forms survive periods when water is not available by becoming spores or seeds, or by becoming dormant (hibernation or estivation). Some plants can survive for man ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Disease Notes
-acellular molecules that invade and use cells processes for their own benefit eg. Chicken poxFungi-spores spores release enzymes to attack cells eg. TineaProtozoa-invade body to get nutrients or repr ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Anthrax The Disease
animals (including humans) caused by the bacterium Bacillus Anthracis. Bacillus Anthracis can form spores that are highly refractive to light and resistant to staining. There are three types of anthr ... types of anthrax, comes from handling contaminated animal product such as meat, wool, or hides. The spores germinate, vegetative cells multiply, and a characteristic gelatinous edema develops at the s ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Everthing about Anthrax
ing humans) caused by the bacterium Bacillus Anthracis" (Swiderski 23). Bacillus Anthracis can form spores that are highly refractive to light and resistant to staining. "There are three types of anth ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Biology
same as it had the week before. The experimental flask, the one without the stopper, had mold-like spores growing in it and it had changed to a cloudy yellow color instead of the clear yellow that it ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Anthrax
out anthrax. Anthrax is rarely contagious, and transmission requires direct contact with the spores (one cell reproductive structure) " even people who get inhalation anthrax do not exhal ... hale spores. Anthrax can only be caught if one comes into contact with anthrax by inhaling a lot of spores (at least 8.000 to 10.000) by eating contaminated meat or by in coming into contact with the ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Botulism
is caused by the Clostridium botulinum bacteria. This strain of bacteria is anaerobic and so forms spores when it is in an aerobic environment. By creating spores, the bacteria go into a resting phas ... ns such as extreme hot or cold temperatures, radiation, or in this case the presence of oxygen. The spores of this bacterium are able to survive boiling and are only eliminated by cooking the food in ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Microbiology
The Structure of Ferns and their reproduction
h reach from redly, light green, dark green to yellowish green. Reproduction takes place around the spores, in contrast to the flourish plants which reproduce by seed. The spores of ferns are produced ... tand together in groups (sori) sometimes covered with a veil (indusium). With some fern species the spores are produced at separate fronds, which often differ from the normal fronds a lot, for example ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology
Effect of pH Levels on the Growth of Bean Plants
occur to see the affects upon the growth of the beans. Germination is the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow. With the acidity expressed with pH levels is the measure of acidity ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology