The symbiotic bacteria from the Coriobacteriaceae family provide essential vitamins.
Boyd et al. sequenced the genomes of
symbiotic bacteria from human lice as well as the closely related chimpanzee, gorilla and red colobus monkey lice.
Not exact matches
Boyd also noted that «congruence between the evolutionary trees of lice and
symbiotic bacteria can be traced to 20 - 25 mya when the lice parasitizing monkeys diverged
from a common ancestor of hominid lice.»
Now researchers in California and Virginia have identified
symbiotic bacteria living on amphibians» skins that protects them
from the deadly fungal disease, and later this summer the scientists will collect some of the microbial samples, culture them in the lab, and use the product to inoculate some frogs in California's Sierra Nevada to see if the approach stops chytrid in the wild.
By contrast, in the tube worm millions of
symbiotic bacteria that dwell within the its large plumes grab hydrogen sulfide and other noxious chemicals that seep
from the vents and convert them into food and energy for their host, a process called chemosynthesis.
Most of these
bacteria are
symbiotic, drawing
from and providing for the plant in ways such as nitrogen - fixing and leaf - protection.
This 50 - milliliter flask contains a
symbiotic mix of
bacteria derived
from compost that was maintained for three years.
Exploiting habitats that are often or mostly out of water required new
symbiotic relationships to contain and move water, including the fusion of some fungi and algae to create lichen in communities with
bacteria that survive extreme desiccation on land while breaking down rock into soil, and the association of mycorrhizae fungi and the root tissue of new vascular plants — culminating in trees that pump water high into the air — to exchange mineral nutrients (e.g., phosphorus) and usable «fixed» nitrogen
from the atmosphere for photosynthetic products.
In 1966, Margulis provided evidence that mitochondria, molecular machines that help cells produce energy, and chloroplasts, which help plant cells turn sunlight into sugar, originated
from symbiotic bacteria.
An example of this is the fermentation of herbs with kefir grains, as these grains contain beneficial yeast and
bacteria that work together in a
symbiotic relationship to separate out the sugars
from the beneficial molecules contained in herbs.
The key to drinking and benefiting
from kefir is to have a good understanding of how a
symbiotic relationship works, not only about the
symbiotic relationship between yeast and
bacteria in kefir grains, but also between kefir -LSB-...]
Kombucha is a sour tonic beverage made
from either black or green tea which has been brewed, sweetened, and cultured with a SCOBY, or
symbiotic colony of
bacteria and yeast.
It is slightly sour and carbonated due to the fermentation activity of the
symbiotic colony of
bacteria and yeast that make up the «grains» used to culture the milk (not actual grains, but a grain - like matrix of proteins, lipids, and sugars that feed the microbes.with my best wishes, melissa
from http://www.cavediet.net
The water kefir grains, or the tibicos, have a unique and very stable
symbiotic mix of a few
bacteria and yeasts strains
from the following groups: Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Pediococcus and Leuconostoc
bacteria with yeasts
from Saccharomyces, Candida, Kloeckera and others.
In addition there are archival materials
from a range of museums, universities and other institutions; an interactive neuro - animation experienced via video goggles; and an installation of a
symbiotic colony of
bacteria and yeast known as kombucha,
from which visitors can take away samples to start their own culture at home.
Legume - Plants that fix nitrogen
from the air through a
symbiotic relationship with
bacteria in their soil and root systems (e.g., soybean, peas, beans, Lucerne (also known as alfalfa), clovers).
San Francisco, CA About Blog Kombucha Tea is a fermented beverage traditionally made
from sweetened black tea using a mother or SCOBY (
Symbiotic Colony of
Bacteria and Yeasts).