Protist

chlorophyll and carotenoids, absorb and reflect light based on the wavelength of light. To be more explicit, photosynthesis is the process that transforms the energy of sunlight into chemical energy stored in the form of glucose. Plants, some bacteria and protists use glucose, converted by cellular respiration in ATP, to fuel growth, development and reproduction. The process…

Elucidating the role of Heat shock proteins in poly glutamine (Poly Q) model in Dictyostelium discoideum . Introduction : Expansion of CAG trinucleotide repeats encoding poly glutamine (poly Q) tract in other wise unrelated proteins are responsible to atleast nine diseases . These diseases include Huntington’s disease (HD), spinobulbar muscular atrophy, dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy, and spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) types 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 17.(1) Clinical features include ataxia and…

cellulose. The protists and prokaryotes can hydrolyze the cellulose, which the cow or termite can then use. Lipids A. Fats- A fat is made of a fatty acid and a glycerol. A fatty acid is a long carbon chain with a carboxyl group on the end. It is made up of C-H bonds. Glycerol is an alcohol. Fats are used for energy storage. Fats can store two times as much energy as polysaccharides. Animals use fat instead of starch because fats can store more energy with less space. The adipose cell humans use…

SEBASTIAN, Gillian Marie Greyjoy FERMENTATION November 6, 2017 I. DATA AND RESULTS We started the experiment through setting up the materials needed for the experiment. Then we performed the instructions for the experiment given by the teacher. Δ Fist Observation: 0 min – 30 mins In the fermentation bottle, the yeast submerged into the mixture of water and sugar. Subsequently, foam started to form on top of the mixture. It seemed that the yeast started to…

Encephalitis Pathogen/Cause: What causes the disease (virus, bacteria, fungus, protist, …)? Encephalitis is a viral infection that has multiple different causes. Encephalitis can be caused by the herpes simplex virus, and although this is rare, this type of encephalitis can cause severe brain damage or even death. Encephalitis can also be caused by animals. If a person were to come into contact with an infected animal (an animal with rabies), or be bitten by one, then the person can contract…

Lunch. The time in school where students converge on grey tables and metal chairs to chomp down on your microwave noodles with a cold sweet tea and a bag of doritos. Lunch is an important time in the school day. In fact, if you asked me, lunch is my favorite time of the day besides dismissal. It is at the lunch table where life’s biggest questions are asked, and we attempt to answer them. Why are we constantly at war? Is there life beyond Earth? When is the second coming of Christ? Why…

sunlight and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as reactants to produce oxygen and organic compounds like carbohydrates (Campbell et al. 2015). Photosynthesis takes place in photoautotrophs including all plants, algae, some kinds of bacteria, and protists. The simplified equation is: CO2 + H2O → carbohydrates + O2. (Sadava et al. 2014). It is broken down into two parts: light reaction and light-independent reaction (Campbell et al. 2015). In the light reaction, the pigments including…

Introduction Cells are the building blocks of the diverse idea we call life, which means that they must be as diverse as life as well. Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells make up most of the life on this planet, and vary widely in function, while still sharing some similarities. Prokaryotic cells, although simpler and smaller, make up most life. A nucleoid region contains a loop of nucleic acids known as a DNA plasmid. Prokaryotic cells contain simplified ribosomes which free float in cytoplasm…

acterial carbon to protistan grazers, and a 7% decrease in macrozooplankton production" (7). Hence, marine viral activity moves more respiration and production away from the other heterotrophs and into the bacteria. Marine viruses also have an impact on the diversity observed in the bacterial community and the composition of the species in the ocean as they usually are highly specific for certain hosts. The impact of viruses on ocean biogeochemistry is often evoked purely through the act of…

In February of 1997, one of the largest ethical controversies was born with the birth of a lamb. After embryologist Ian Wilmut and his fellow researchers successfully cloned a sheep named Dolly, the possibility of cloning human life arose. Several states have already banned human cloning, but in general it is legal throughout the United States. Should the government allow human cloning? Or should it be done in general? Although the process has several benefits, it is seen as unethical and should…