Santiago R. Lopez
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Jekyll and Hyde MicrobesResearchers at the University of York, investigated the symbiotic relationship between plant-dwelling insects and the bacteria that live in them. What they discovered was an intriguing new category of organisms that they dubbed "Jekyll and Hyde" bacteria.
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The Toughest BacteriaWhat's the world's "toughest" bacterium? Deinococcus radiodurans, of course! Its name literally means "a terrible berry that withstands radiation" and is listed in Guinness World Records. -
The Properties of Life - Part 7This is our final (sniff...) article covering the properties of life. Here we discuss the property of adaptation. Simply put, adaptation is when a population of organisms makes long-term adjustments to a changing environment for the purposes of survival.
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The Properties of Life - Part 6For any population of organism to survive, they must possess the ability to reproduce. This is the 6th characteristic of life. Without which, the population would soon go extinct. Reproduction occurs as part of the growth process.
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The Properties of Life - Part 5Growth and development is the topic of this 5th article in our series covering the characteristics, or properties of life. Growth is the direct result of the organism's metabolism and it precedes the property of life called reproduction.
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The Properties of Life - Part 4Here, we'll discuss the fourth property of life: response to a stimulus (anything that makes an organism react). The stimulus can either be an internal (pain, nutrient levels, etc.) or an external condition (temperature, environmental changes, etc.).
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The Properties of Life - Part 3This article will address the property of life called homeostasis. "Homeo-what!?" Homeostasis is the "state of balance" that all living organisms endeavor to maintain. Breaking down the word we see it means "same" (-homeo) "state" (-stasis).
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The Properties of Life - Part 2In Part 1, we discussed the property of organization found in all life. But just because something is organized doesn't make it alive. The object needs to have more of the properties of life. This article will focus on the second property: metabolism.
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The Properties of Life - Part 1This article series will cover the seven basic characteristics all living organisms have in common. This is a common topic in introductory biology courses and provides a solid foundation for other core biology concepts.