Sentences with phrase «species living inside»

«You can have a number of parasite species living inside the same host,» he said, «for example, there could be ten species of nematodes in one host species, and if that host species splits into two, there are 20 species of nematodes.

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At least 10 species of foraminifera hitch rides inside the guts of rabbitfish, which defecate out the still - living protists in the Mediterranean.

3 Firmicutes and Bacteroides At least 500 species of bacteria, weighing about 3.3 pounds, live inside the human gut.

In the case of mosquitoes, which do not live long or travel far (leaving aside mechanical dispersal, when they travel inside vehicles, for example), extinction has an even greater impact on species equilibrium.

Animals have incredible variation in their body shapes and ways of life, including the plant - like, immobile marine sponges that lack heads, eyes, limbs and complex organs, parasitic worms that live inside other organisms (e.g. nematodes, platyhelminths), and phyla with eyes, skeletons, limbs and complex organs that dominate the land in terms of species numbers (arthropods) and body size (chordates).

Living shark species range from a few that could fit in your hand, such as the dwarf lanternshark, to a few you could fit inside, including the whale shark, which grows up to 40 feet long.

Mr Semple said until recently there were only two known species of the insect Cystococcus that lived inside these galls.

While peering through his microscope, Weeks also spotted the possible culprit: Lots of bacteria of a previously unknown species were living inside the insects» cells.

Just inside the hall, a digital tree of life shows how humans are related to all other species, including a Streptococcus bacterium, a morel mushroom, and an orchid.

Adult corals of the species Pocillopora damicornis get most of their nutrition from symbiotic algae that live inside them, providing metabolic energy by photosynthesis.

The odd tube, although absent in all living animals, has been found inside the skull crests of certain species of dinosaurs — which also might have used the feature for low - frequency communication.

Parasitoid wasps are an enormous group of between 100,000 and 600,000 species that are parasitic when they are larvae, living on or frequently inside a host they eat alive.

Some of the colors of both species come from symbiotic algae that live inside the coral animal's cells.

But what is true is that a species of Madagascar chameleon has been discovered to spend three - fourths of its life span inside the egg.

These and other experts installed 3,800 species of life inside, even as cranes lifted great sections of white superstructure into place overhead.

Several large dinoflagellate species hunt despite living inside a rigid shell.

In order to find out which bacterial species may be present in the air and on the surfaces inside spacecraft and how the composition of the microbiota may change during human habitation, a crew of six male «Marsonauts» lived inside a mock - up spacecraft, located in Moscow, from 3rd June 2010 to 5th November 2011.

He found many varieties of eubacteria species, including some that usually prefer soil or ocean living — all living inside rock salt.

Although the bacteria shared common features (most live inside animals and many cause disease), the pattern of species carrying and lacking the gene suggested that the gene had been shuffled horizontally in the family tree, between distantly related species, not passed down from an ancient ancestor.

These units record the devastation of the impact, trace fossils from surviving species, and fossils within the limestone revealing that within 30,000 years of impact, life inside the crater was back in full swing.

Instead, they come from finding the DNA of microbes that normally live inside those species.

Many different species of germs live inside the nose.

Hughes says researchers are already seeing a decline in reef fish, especially species that eat corals, or those that live inside in their nooks and crannies.

Some bacterial species have two types of populations: communities that live inside other organisms and larger populations living free in the environment.

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Inside the 140,000 square kilometer marine reserve that surrounds these islands, species such as sea lions and penguins, normally indigenous to cooler regions, live side - by - side with a host of sharks, reef fish and sea turtles commonly found in more tropical climates.

Home to 800 different plant species, 350 bird species, and with a part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef inside the Biosphere, Sian Kaan is also home to an abundant marine life.

Be amazed as you swim and snorkel in the calm, clear protected waters inside the crescent shaped Marine Life Conservation with over 250 species of exotic fish!

The recreation center is home to more than 60 species, all wandering openly inside their fenced in areas worked to firmly imitate their common living spaces.

They monitored the responses of the worms and found that one of the species that had been living inside the CO2 vent was physiologically and genetically adapted to the acidic conditions, whilst another was able to survive inside the vent by adjusting its metabolism.

The team also found that those species adapted to live inside the CO2 vent showed slightly higher metabolic rates and were much smaller in size — up to 80 % smaller — indicating that adaptation came at a cost of energy for growth.

The EEA's living map is made up of 5,000 plants from 20 different plant species, including purple verbena, dark green sedum and delicate sutera, all growing inside felt pockets attached to a custom - made support structure and watered by an automated system that drains to the bottom of the wall.

It certainly is an inspiring study for outdoor cat owners to rig up their feline friend with a spycam, so that they can see just what kind of hunter it is and it maybe it should spend a little more time inside, especially if they live in an area with small, tasty - looking endangered species.