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Fungi and Lichens

Fungi are among the most primitive members of the plant kingdom. Study of the fungi is called mycology. The fungi are non-chlorophylous, nucleated, non-vascular, thallophytic micro organism and...

January 26, 2016

Bacterial Diseases

Common Bacterial diseases include Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Typhoid, Whooping Cough, TB, Diphtheria, Cholera etc. Diarrhoea Diarrhea can be caused by all sorts of parasites including viruses, Bacteria and protozoa. ...

January 26, 2016

Bacteria: Use in Industry, Food Processing, Soil Health and Bioremediation

Some other notable used of bacteria include in Dairy Industry, Food Industry, Soil Health, Bioremediation, Biotoilet Dairy Industry In Dairy Industry, Lactobacillus bacteria are used in fermentation of lactose...

January 26, 2016

Biological Nitrogen Fixation

The Nitrogen Fixation is the procedure by which atmospheric Nitrogen is converted into ammonia. The Nitrogen fixation is one of the important components of the Nitrogen cycle. Nitrogen...

January 26, 2016

Bacteria

The bacteria are unicellular microorganisms which were first observed and reported by Anton Von Leeuwenhoeck in 1676. All bacteria are unicellular and prokaryotic. Their size and shape varies...

January 26, 2016

Virus: Importance in Economy and Environment

Since Viruses contain the characteristics of both living and non-living organisms, they are utilized in the field of Biotechnology research.  Bacteriophage can be used in water preservation as...

January 26, 2016

Human Viral Diseases

Common animal viral diseases include African horse sickness, Foot and mouth disease of cattle, Virus pneumonia of pigs, Rabies etc. Common human viral diseases include Influenza, Measles, Herpes,...

January 26, 2016

Virus: Virus Structure, Plant Viral Diseases, Animal Viral Diseases

Virus is a Latin word, literally meaning “poison”. Tobacco Mosaic Virus was the first Virus discovered by Russian scientist Dimitri lvanovsky in 1892. A Virus is an extreme...

January 26, 2016

Taxonomy: Biological Classification of Organisms

When we classify the organisms into hierarchical series of groups on the basis of their evolutionary relationships, it is called Systematics. Classification is a subtopic of Systematics which...

January 26, 2016

Cell Biology: Cell Structure, Cell Functions, Cell Division, Cell Theory and Cell Organelles

A cell is a functional basic unit of life discovered by Robert Hooke in Cork cells and is the smallest unit of life that is classified as a...

January 26, 2016

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