Sentences with phrase «types of organisms as»

Explain to students that they will be going into part of their local ecosystem to look at its biodiversity by observing as many different types of organisms as they can find.

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In reality, the lifeform belongs to a separate class of life known as Archaea, a type of single - celled organism that typically thrives in harsh environments.

This type of democracy is here referred to as the democracy of desire, since the image of human nature upon which it is based is that of an intelligent organism striving single - mindedly to fulfill its desires.

And he does say that atoms and molecules are «organisms» of a higher type than electrons (ibid) Furthermore, he refers to molecules as enduring objects, and he speaks of molecular as well as of electronic and protonic actual occasions (PR 114, 123, 124, 139, 141).

Thus, complexity in types and relations between acts of minding may have grown exponentially with the evolution of «higher» organisms as the imaginative element in the construction of reality became more socially diffused; i.e. as the construction of reality became more participatory - negotiary in character.

In this regard, we described two types of biologically - based teleologies: (i) an external teleology, where there is a deliberate and conscious setting of goals, those that are generally found among human beings and possibly in higher animals; and (ii) an internal teleology, where there is no self - directed or conscious goal - seeking on the part of living organisms, such as in the natural selection of favorable traits among biologically adaptive species.

We generally assume that primitive organisms are not sensitive to as many different kinds of stimuli as higher organisms are and that the sensory systems evolve to give organisms access to more and more types of stimuli.

As luck would have it, the bacteria were of the harmless, acidifying type and were not toxin - producing organisms.

Certain kinds of sedimentary rocks, called Burgess Shale - type (BST) deposits, have the right characteristics to preserve soft - bodied organisms as thin carbon films.

«Our results show that despite a wave of massive and virtually instantaneous extinctions among the plankton, some types of photosynthesising organisms, such as algae and bacteria, were living in the aftermath of the asteroid strike.

That single cell contains all the genetic information needed to develop into a human, and passes identical copies of that information to each new cell as it divides into the many diverse types of cells that make up a complex organism like a human being.

Researchers had previously theorized that a certain type of spiraling starlight could have locked in the chirality, or handedness, of relatively large organic, carbon - based molecules such as amino acids and sugars in living organisms.

Scientists once thought that every type of organism occupied a distinct branch on the tree of life; new species evolved as their genomes slowly mutated or recombined through sex.

«Our technique could potentially be applied to any genome of any cell type from any organism as long as genomic DNA can be extracted from it,» he added.

Clean energy policies decrease not only carbon pollution linked to climate change but also other types of pollution that harm human health, such as sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and fine particles that can damage the airways of humans and other organisms.

They are the only ones capable of generating any cell type from the hundreds of cell types that make up an adult organism, so they are the first step towards curing illnesses such as Alzheimer, Parkinson's disease or diabetes.

But less is known about many other organisms, such as another type of beetle that suddenly began assailing incense cedars during the drought or the weevil that started attacking young pines.

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and East China Normal University devised and tested a thin - about as thin as the skin of a soap bubble - film composed of a special type of molecules called peptoids that can repair itself, similar to the self - repair seen in cells of living organisms.

As a synthetic biologist, she designs and creates new types of organisms from genes.

We invite original innovative research on the rational engineering of plant systems at all levels, including proteins, protein complexes, sensors, metabolic and signalling pathways, microcompartments such as carboxysomes, subcellular compartments, cell types or tissues, as well as the engineering of novel plant hybrid species and the interactions of plants with viruses, bacteria, and other organisms.

The technical evaluation of projects may require the provision of additional data such as information on the genetic modification of your mutant mouse line if applicable (e.g. affected gene, MGI ID of the gene, type of mutation, ES - cell line used, genetic background (e.g. number of backcross generations), safety level, description of DNA modification, vector, remaining non-recipient DNA, donor organism), mutant phenotype (s), special housing or care requirements, current sanitary status, and intellectual property rights (who generated the mouse line, owner of the mouse line)

Larger organisms, such as some types of crabs and fishes, are most likely opportunistic feeders living on other living or dead vent organisms.

The aim is to use these organisms to generate useful new products, such as drugs, biofuels, and new types of enzymes.

As you know, fiber is a type of carbohydrate that the body can't break down into glucose, and both types of fiber, soluble and insoluble, are beneficial for the organism in many ways.

While there are many types of free radicals that can be formed, the most common in aerobic (oxygen breathing) organisms are oxygen free radicals, often referred to as Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), which include superoxides, hydroxyl anions, hydrogen peroxide and singlet oxygen.»

* Hybridization is a type of genetic modification but it's not the same as genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

This test allows the veterinarian to identify the type of organism causing the infection, such as bacteria or yeast, as well as look for other abnormalities, such as ear mites.

They're typically caused by one of two yeast organisms — Candida or Malassezia — and are often misdiagnosed as other types of issues because of their similarities to other conditions, such as allergies.

The organism was identified as Nocardia abscessus (formerly Nocardia asteroides type 1) based on 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing of samples extracted from cultures and unstained cytologic smears.

Acidifying the ocean is particularly detrimental to organisms that secrete shell material made of CaCO3, such as coral reefs and a type of phytoplankton called coccolithophorids [Kleypas et al., 1999].

Mold is a type of fungus made up of tiny microscopic organisms that can grow practically anywhere, such as on ceiling tiles, wallpaper, wood, paints, carpet, and insulation.