
Dictionary » G » Genus GenusDefinition noun, plural: genera (general) A class or group with common attributes. (biology) A taxonomic category ranking used in biological classification that is below a family and above a species level, and includes group(s) of species that are structurally similar or phylogenetically related.
In binomial nomenclature, the genus is used as the first word of a scientific name. The genus name is always capitalized and italicized. In order for a genus to be descriptively useful, it must have monophyly, reasonable compactness, and distinctness.
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TaxonomyAmoeba Proteus: is a tiny 1 cell organism w/pseudopod that is in the Protista Kingdom; it identifies the correct format for writing the genus & species of a given organism.
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clostridium used to create butanolI was wondering if anyone knew if Clostridium Tetani or any other bacteria from the Clostridia genus could be used for ABE fermentation. I know that C. acetobutylicum has been used but i was wondering if anything else could be used. And if they can be used if they would ...
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Coercive sexual behaviour evolutionary arms race... through wiki and saw an interesting page on animal sexual behaviour and I came across this 'In 2007, research suggested that in the Acilius genus of water beetles (also known as "diving beetles"), an "evolutionary arms race" between the genders means that there is no ...
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Gram Positive Rods - Catalase Positive... specimen, Bacillus, Lactobacillus, and Corynebacterium all have distinctive, characteristic morphologies and arrangements so that in fact the genus designation is usually apparent from the Gram stain alone, although catalase testing of colonies is also very helpful (the anaerobic clostridia ...
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