Sentences with phrase «other small organisms»

Studies have shown health problems among plankton and other small organisms that eat microfibers, which then make their way up the food chain.»

New research shows that, no matter where we're buried, the same bacteria, fungi, and other small organisms in the soil ransack our bodies, as if they were just waiting for our corpses to arrive.

The secret is in the baleen, a complex filter - feeding system that allows the enormous whales to strain huge volumes of saltwater, leaving only krill and other small organisms behind.

Each hole is its own tiny world, an ecosystem unto itself that supports a host of life - forms, including tardigrades — or water bears — and other small organisms.

Not exact matches

Complete certainty exists among essentially all biochemists that the other characteristics of living organisms (for example, selective permeability across all membranes, muscle contraction, and the hearing and memory process) will all be completely understood in terms of the coordinative interactions of large and small molecules.2

I refer here to the small group of scientists who argue that in fact there is no qualitative difference between living organisms and other chemical processes.

Darwinian evolution, on the other hand, proceeded stepwise, in very small increments, each successive step conferring slightly more survival advantage and thus increasing the chances of survival and reproduction for the organism, ensuring that the advantage is passed on and further increased by future increments.

Franz is extreme in his practices of fostering a diverse life of insects, small animals, and other organisms even in the world -LSB-...]

Already, large companies such as DuPont are harnessing synthetic biology, and small companies «are being built around the idea of using organisms, designing organisms, using tools of synthetic biology to make molecules that can't be produced any other way,» Glass says.

Some researchers argue that they are bits of inert mineral; others contend they are among the world's smallest and oldest living organisms.

Swarming among unicellular organisms often precedes sexual reproduction because it rapidly increases population density in a small area, whereas it would be much rarer for two choanoflagellates to spontaneously encounter each other and mate under normal conditions.

What's more, only a very small percentage (6 %) of proteins encoded by Pandoravirus salinus are similar to those already identified in other viruses or cellular organisms.

Developed by biological oceanographer Ulf Riebesell of the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences in Germany, the mesocosms consist of a buoyant frame and a 65 - foot - long polyurethane bag that encloses plankton and other small marine organisms.

On the other hand, the abundance of floating plastic fragments allows many small organisms to sail on them and colonize places they could not access to previously.

Small changes in an organism's metabolic performance can have major consequences for its success in its natural habitat, where it is in competition with other species and faces losses from predation or viral infection.

In the dark deep, sperm whales and other animals become «visible» because their movements disturb small organisms that give off light, similar to a flashing firefly.

These small crustaceans are important organisms of the zooplankton, particularly as food for baleen whales, Mantas, whale sharks, Crabeater seals and other seals, and a few seabird species that feed almost exclusively on them.

A living thing that is too small to see with the unaided eye, including bacteria, some fungi and many other organisms such as amoebas.

microbe Living things that are too small to see with the unaided eye, including bacteria, some fungi and many other organisms such as amoebas.

microorganism A living thing that is too small to see with the unaided eye, including bacteria, some fungi and many other organisms such as amoebas.

microorganism (or «microbe») A living thing that is too small to see with the unaided eye, including bacteria, some fungi and many other organisms such as amoebas.

The discovery of other, smaller magnitude, rapid greenhouse warming events (called hyperthermals) in the millions of years following the PETM provides further opportunities to examine the response of organisms to global climate change.

But here at home, a much smaller organism may be circling the globe time and time again without accolades: According to a new study, the itty bitty dragonfly Pantala flavescens could take longer flights than any other known insect, putting it in the ballpark of larger migratory animals like birds and whales.

It takes a microscope to view objects this small, such as bacteria or other one - celled organisms.

What was humbling was that, when the number of genes in human cells were counted and compared to other organisms, our genome was considerably smaller than that of many other species.

Since it invests its energy in a warm, dull, muggy condition, the penis can turn into a safe place for microscopic organisms and other small scale life forms that can prosper into disagreeable diseases, or in any event, cause an upsetting odor.

If one just ingests RS, exclusive of other fiber, they may only encourage the critical gut organisms to creep up into the small intestine to begin their work, thus shorting the colon of valuable nutrients and allowing it to fall nearly into as poor health as if the person had eaten zero carbs.

When stomach acid is too low, this allows larger levels of flora and other organisms to take up residency in the upper small intestine, leading to SIBO, a small intestinal bacteria overgrowth.

Yes I mean little because you are a tiny particle, called a mote, that needs to absorb smaller organisms in order to grow while fending off predators and other challenges.

Even small dog bites can cause serious infections because of the myriad of different bacteria and other malicious micro organisms that can be transferred from the mouth of the dog into the blood stream of the victim.

Each vaccination given to your pet contains either small quantities of altered or» killed» viruses, bacteria, or other disease causing organisms.

Vaccines contain small quantities of altered or «killed» viruses, bacteria or other disease - causing organisms.

These parasites are so small they are estimated to be one - hundredth the size of the average bacterium and can multiply only inside the living cells of other organisms.

Pam Rogers uncovers the secret lives of flowers, herbs and other natural organisms in her small fictitious worlds.

Apart from providing a food source for some beneficial organisms; being porous, they contain numerous tiny holes which help to both aerate the bin and offer hiding places for other smaller insects.

But a growing number of people who do appreciate these small but important organisms — from scientists to adventurous foodies to artists — are trying to get others to look at insects in a different, if not awe - inspired, way.

Free - living species eat bacteria or other small - bodied organisms.

Why the large animals and all dinosaurs, many birds, many shallow water marine shelled organisms among others, to the exclusion of insects, small mammals, lagoonal, swamp and estruarine animals and plants such as alligators, frogs, turtles, etc?

Upwelling is a crucial process because it provides the raw nutrients for phytoplankton to grow, creating a rich source of food for filter feeders and small fish and, in turn, larger fish and other organisms higher up the food chain.

Microbiologists use microscopes and other diagnostic equipment to study small organisms and their effects on surroundings.