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Habitats

Habitat

(Science: ecology, zoology) The physical location or type of environment in which an organism or biological population lives or occurs.

The place occupied by an organism, population, or community. It is the physical part of the community structure in which an organism finds its home, and includes the sum total of all the environmental conditions present in the specific place occupied by an organism. Often a habitat is defined to include a whole community of organisms.


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Re: Theories - Origin of Life

... to the resistance of human pathogens to antibiotics can be involved in central metabolic processes of environmental bacteria in their natural habitats." So, one of the major points of the paper you quoted is that a gene that was originally used to make a protein involved in metabolism ...

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by Luxorien
Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:57 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Theories - Origin of Life
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Is Cyanobacteria an algae or a prokaryote (bacteria)??

Brilliant. Just a couple of points: 1) Please note that many such called algae are multicellurar. Some are real big. They all lack the complexity of true vascular plants (Metaphytae) what precludes them from conquering land hábitats but in the form of lichens. However some algae, particularly brown ...

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by marquitosgm
Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:05 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Is Cyanobacteria an algae or a prokaryote (bacteria)??
Replies: 5
Views: 2595

Can anyone help Identify these fish vertebra?

... That's what I did when studying cat, kestrel, owl and and shrike diets in the Canary Islands. There were up to five lizard prey species in some habitats. Their jaws and skull bones were easy to distinguish in pellets, but their vertebrae not so often. I have not a clue about fish vertebrae but ...

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by marquitosgm
Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:05 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Can anyone help Identify these fish vertebra?
Replies: 1
Views: 1178

mosses habitats

what are the charactrists of mosses habitats,actually i need on line refrences for making an essay about mosses habitats

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by soadahmed
Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:03 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: mosses habitats
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Views: 1050

what are the common habitats of mosses?

i want to know the habitats of mosses can any one help me?

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by soadahmed
Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:47 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: what are the common habitats of mosses?
Replies: 4
Views: 1567
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