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BI Lab 11
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |