microbe

White blood cells

...at contribute to the immune defenses by ingesting microbe s, other cells , and foreign particles. The two principal phagocytes are neutrophils and monocytes . Full article >>> Leukocyte white blood cells (leuco = white; cyto = cell ) Leucocytosis an increase in the number of WBCs (...

Virulence

...e is rapidly fatal, the host may die before the microbe can get passed along to another host . Full article >>> Some bacteriophages contribute to the virulence of bacteria l infections. Certain phage s can enter an alternate life cycle called lysogeny. In this cycle, all the virus ...

Unicellular

...... Full article >>> unicellular microbe s like E. coli unicellular eukaryotes like yeast and in mammalian cells grown in tissue culture . Full article >>> Unicellular often environment ally resistant dormant or reproductive body produced by plant s and some mi...

Spore

...#62;>> Spore . A form taken by certain microbe s that enables them to exist in a dormant stage. It is an asexual reproductive cell . See Asexual reproduction , Dormant. Full article >>> endo spore - seed -like structure; formed to preserve life when conditions turn bad ... F...

Species

...ly inter breed . Spore . A form taken by certain microbe s that enables them to exist in a dormant stage. It is an asexual reproductive cell . See Asexual reproduction , Dormant. Full article >>> A species of animal which possesses an amnion . This term is most often used in the plu...

Rhizosphere

...rogen to ammonia with enzymes secreted by these microbe s, which reside in the rhizosphere (a zone that includes the root surface and the soil that adheres to the root after gentle shaking). Full article >>> Rhizosphere . The soils region on and around plant roots . Ribozyme . See Ca...

Protozoa

...os represent only a few of the possible ways that microbe s-the invisible bacteria , archaea, protozoa , and fungi that inhabit our environment , our bodies, our food and water, and even the air we breathe-can be harnessed to serve human kind. Full article >>> Not only does this definit...

Plasmid

... with a formulation such as local anesthetic or a microbe ad to get it across the outer membrane and get it taken up by cells in a more efficient way. The delivery of plasmid s actually has another advantage. Full article >>> A Ty element on a plasmid DNA was engineered to contain an ...

Phagocytes

...at contribute to the immune defenses by ingesting microbe s, other cells , and foreign particles. The two p...es as a host -defence mechanism to kill invading microbe s. Full article >>> In animals , phagocytosis is performed by specialized cells ...

Phagocyte

...at contribute to the immune defenses by ingesting microbe s, other cells , and foreign particles. The two p...es as a host -defence mechanism to kill invading microbe s. Full article >>> In animals , phagocytosis is performed by specialized cells ...

Permutation

...tion . Antigenic variation occurs in eukaryotic microbe s (e.g. Trypanosomes), bacteria (e.g. Full article >>>...

Oxygen

..., oxygen almost certainly came about because of microbe s. Microbe s similar to today's cyanobacteria were present at this time. Full article >>> This process releases oxygen as a waste product. Anoxygenic (or H2S) photosynthesis , using PSI, is seen in living purple and green bacter...

Neutrophils

...at contribute to the immune defenses by ingesting microbe s, other cells , and foreign particles. The two principal phagocytes are neutrophils and monocytes . Full article >>>...

Monocytes

...at contribute to the immune defenses by ingesting microbe s, other cells , and foreign particles. The two principal phagocytes are neutrophils and monocytes . Full article >>>...

Microbe

... News Network BBC News, 28 September, 2001: The microbe s that 'rule the world' Citat: "... The Earth's climate may be dependent upon microbe s that eat rock beneath the sea floor, according to new research.... Full article >>> ...

Marker

... of genes used to "mark" or track the action of microbe s. Genome . The genetic complement contained in the chromosomes of a given organ ism, usually the haploid chromosome state. Full article >>> Linkage of genetic marker s during conjugal trans fer in bacteria can be use...

In vivo

... Cloning in vivo can be done in unicellular microbe s like E. coli unicellular eukaryotes like yeast and in mammalian cells grown in tissue culture . Full article >>> To increase the number of copies of a DNA sequence , in vivo by insert ing into a cloning vector that rep...

Humoral immunity

...s bind to antigens on the surfaces of invading microbe s, which flags them for destruction. Categories: Immune system ... Full article >>> humoral immunity (hyoo-mur-al) The type of immunity that fights bacteria and virus es in body fluids with antibodies that circulate in blood ...

Host

...es as a host -defence mechanism to kill invading microbe s. Full article >>> In G inversion the orientation of Mu phage G segment determines tail fibre expression and thus host range (E.coli or Citrobacter). A similar variation in tail fiber expression is due to Cin in bacteri...

Horizontal gene transfer

...ntal gene transfer seems to be common among many microbe s. Full article >>> Horizontal Gene Transfer Gary Olsen with Carl Woese (both at UI): Explore LGT to estimate the frequency of recent gene transfer s to diverse microbial lineage s; ... Full article >>> A region of a...

Genetic marker

... of genes used to "mark" or track the action of microbe s. Genome . The genetic complement contained in... of genes used to "mark" or track the action of microbe s. Genome . The genetic complement contained in the chromosomes of a given organ ism, usually ...

Gene transfer

...al gene transfer seems to be common among many microbe s. Full article >>> Ballistic particle-mediated gene transfer . Complementary DNA molecule s are adsorbed to gold particles and shot by a pressure gas jet into tissue s or culture cells . HIGH-PRESSURE FREEZING ... Full articl...

FIFRA

...The U.S. regulatory agency for biotechnology of microbe s. The major laws under which the agency has regulatory powers are the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide , and Rodenticide Act ( FIFRA ); and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Full article >>>...

Environment

...The U.S. regulatory agency for biotechnology of microbe s. Full article >>> Environment al stability is greater in tropical areas, where a relatively stable/constant environment allows more different kinds of species to thrive. Full article >>> environment al justice Co...

Endosymbiont

...#62; Diversa and JGI will sequence DNA from microbe s living in environment s such as deep-sea thermal vents, insect endosymbiont s, soil from nuclear weapons manufacturing sites, ... Full article >>> The larger organ ism gained excess ATP provided by the "proto mitochondrion " and...

Endophyte

...The U.S. regulatory agency for biotechnology of microbe s. Full article >>>...

Egg

...971) found substantial numbers of Rickettsia-like microbe s in adults, eggs and embryo s. Full article >>> The notion that "all life [is] from [an] egg " (from the Latin "Omne vivum ex ovo") is a foundational concept of modern biology , it means that there has been an unbroken continuity o...

Culture

...acteria and archaea substantially different from microbe s maintained in pure laboratory culture s. Full article >>> A culture medium that is enriched with a particular substance to allow the growth of particular strain s of organ isms. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ...

Class

...ly inter breed . Spore . A form taken by certain microbe s that enables them to exist in a dormant stage. It is an asexual reproductive cell . See Asexual reproduction , Dormant. Full article >>> Plasmid : A class of circular, autonomously replicating, extrachromosomal DNA elements...

Breed

...ly inter breed . Spore . A form taken by certain microbe s that enables them to exist in a dormant stage. It is an asexual reproductive cell . See Asexual reproduction , Dormant. Full article >>> through projects such as the "cockroach crawl" where students build a track and race the bug...

Biotechnology

...technology The use of living organ isms (often microbe s) in industrial processes. Biotin A molecule ...The U.S. regulatory agency for biotechnology of microbe s. The major laws under which the agency has regulatory powers are the Federal Insecticide, Fungici...

Biosphere

...tion by lightning biological fixation by certain microbe s — alone or in a symbiotic relationship with plant s industrial fixation ... Full article >>> Biota : The animal and plant life of a given region. Biota : The sum total of the living organ isms of any designated area. ...

Biomass

...Full article >>> By some estimates, microbe s make up about 60% of the Earth's biomass , yet less than 1% of microbial species have been identified. Microbe s play a critical role in natural biogeochemical cycles. Full article >>> the forests (1/3 of the Earth's land area) c...

Biodiversity

...robial biodiversity . Given the pervasiveness of microbe s in all environment s as well as their ancient evolution ary history, ... Full article >>> Adequacy (in relation to a Protected Area System) The principle that the system is capable of maintaining biodiversity and associated ec...

Archaebacteria

...DNA sequence s of entire genome s of differerent microbe s will provide new insights about relationships among the three kingdom s of life: archaebacteria , eukaryotes , and prokaryotes . DNA Forensics (Identification) ... Full article >>> He then split the former kingdom of Monera ...