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BI Lab 11
Term | Definition |
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biodiversity | includes the diversity of genes, the diversity of species, and the diversity of species' interactions with one another and their environments |
nanotechnology | the study and creation of extremely small structural components |
stomata | openings into the leaf that allow for gas exchange |
symbiosis | one species benefits by tis interaction with another |
cellulose | a carbohydrate of structural importance in cell walls |
symbionts | intestinal bacteria and protozoans |
cellulases | enzymes that digest cellulose |
guard cells | open and close the stoma as a means to regulate the loss of water from the leaf |
obligate symbionts | no longer capable of living freely beyond the confines of a termite |
endosymbiotic/endosymbiosis theory | origins of chloroplasts and mitochondria that functioned originally as bacteria symbiotic within early eukaryotic cells |
hyphae | one of the species is a fungus whose body at the microscopic level consists of these cellular filaments |
crutose | adherent like paint over the surface on which it grows |
fruticose | like little shrubs with branches |
foliose | with a leafy body that, while greenish on top, is typically white or black underneath |