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Vibrio Fischeri, Rachel Brown: BM304 Revision Guide 2016 Physiology: Vibrio Fischeri are Gram negative, motile rods. One of the key features that can be found in the species Vibrio Fischeri is its bioluminescence. This bioluminescence comes from one of the products of a reaction catalysed by the enzyme luciferase (see biochemistry and metabolism). Vibrio Fischeri are easy to grow and they display chemotaxic behaviour. It is best to grow Vibrio Fischeri at 28 degrees Celsius. (DeLoney-Marino CR,…

Life of Pie is a novel written by Yann Martel who was born on June 25, 1963, in Salamanca, Spain. It is basically a fictional story about a boy struggling through the difficulties after a shipwreck in which his whole family died along with the crewmembers. He learns new ways to survive at the sea. It teaches a person to stay patient and not to lose hope in any circumstance. The first part of the novel is narrated as in the first person by Pi himself. Pi recounts his story from the background…

It is defined as a movement in the oceans that has a direction and is continuous. These abiotic features of the environment are created by the average or mean flow of the seawater, winds, Coriolis Effect, salinity and temperature difference, cabbeling and breaking waves. Coriolis Effect is the result of the rotating Earth. The rotating Earth changes the straight line path of the current and winds as they travel. Thus, the currents due to this in the Northern part move to the right side whereas…

Marine debris can degrade marine habitats, endanger marine and coastal wildlife and pose threats to human health and safely. Scientists and explorers believe that the best way to accrue the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is to limit or eliminate the use of disposable plastics and increase the use of biodegradable resources in human’s everyday life. Since the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is so far from any country’s coastline, no nation takes the responsibility or provides the funding to clean it up…

By the year 1600, English had been transformed into an immeasurably dominant and expressive medium employed by Shakespeare, Marlowe, and the translators of the Bible (Greenblatt 549-61). In order to grasp Shakespeare, Marlowe must be correspondingly appraised on his influence in Shakespeare’s literary structure and style. Laurie E. Maguire, a scholar at Oxford University, reports that contemporary linguistic findings have presented an undeniable indication that “Marlowe’s hand appears in several…

Many can probably guess that lethal coal mines, the offshore drilling explosions and the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill as being a principal culprit of ocean acidification but have you ever thought that global warming actually has a much larger role in ocean acidification than we think? That is why we need to be educated on what ocean acidification is, what are the effects of ocean acidification, who are the ones being mostly affected, and how can we resolve this issue. According to NOAA…

The airplane was crowded and unbearable. As if being confined tightly with a bunch of strangers wasn’t enough, I’m extremely motion-sick. I had to keep reminding myself that the grueling plane ride will all be worth it just to see the big, beautiful ocean and to try new, exciting things. After many hours of travelling, my family and I finally arrived in the Dominican Republic; our luxurious home for the next seven days. It was much hotter than I expected. The sweltering heat caused many…

has a basic rhythm. There are six stanzas, each with five lines. REAL-LIFE COMPARISONS The poem has lots of abstract ideas about superpowers that relate to things that would be useful for us to have. One line is about making a machine that turns seawater into drinkable and usable. That is actually something that is being worked on in a few places but it hasn’t really been taken into effect just yet. Another line gives the idea of X-ray vision for police officers. This could be useful for…

Polar bears live on the sea ice floes, surrounded by the Arctic ocean. They have an abundant source of seawater, which, unfortunately is not drinkable. Sea water is too salty and would make the polar bears thirstier even more. There are no fresh drinkable waters in the Arctic, yet, animals like polar bear require water to survive. However, polar bears can go a very long time without drinking any. They sometimes consume on snow, melting it into water. But, they can’t gain a large quantity of…

Snorkeling Bahamas Experience The Best Snorkeling In Bahamas The Bahamas stellar beaches are Paradise on the Earth. Tourists from all around the world come here tempted by white and in some locations pink silky sand and azure warm sea. Snorkeling in the Bahamas beckons a vast number of people by its blue crystal-clear water, which is mostly serene, and endless lines of exuberant coral reefs with rich marine life. Bahamas snorkeling is the perfect choice for both newcomers and snorkeling & diving…