Fungi are considered to be one of the most interesting sets of organisms. Some fulfills the basic necessities such as food, medicine, industrial raw materials and some succumbs the living entities to death.According to legend, three and a half millennia ago, the Greek hero Perseus accidentally assassinated his grandfather Acrisius, …
Read More »Phycology: An Introduction to Algae and Its Study
Phycology, generally referred as algology, is the study of algae, a diverse group of mostly aquatic plants that range in size from microscopic forms to shrubs or trees. The word phycology comes from the Greek word phykos, which literally means “seaweed.” They are the major producers in the food chain …
Read More »Microbiology: An Introduction to Its Range of Scopes
Microbiology is a study that studies a biologically varied group of usually small life forms, primarily bacteria and viruses. More than simply bacterial species were included in the diversity of microorganisms by the end of the classical Golden Age of microbiology. Other fields, in addition to bacteriology and virology, were …
Read More »Bryophyta: Classification and Identification of Bryophytes
Living organisms are classified into five kingdoms by R.H. Whittaker. He classified living species based on cellular structure, manner of nourishment, body organization, reproduction, phylogenetic relationship, and other factors. Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia were the five kingdoms. According to the above-mentioned criteria, the plant kingdom has been divided …
Read More »Biodiversity Loss & Conservation : Conservation and its Types
Conservation Global acceptance – that conservation of Biodiversity is essential; so, many countries and world organizations are active with definite agenda for conservation What is conservation? “Conservation is the management of human use of the biosphere to yield greatest sustainable benefit to current generations, while maintaining its potential to meet …
Read More »Biodiversity loss and Conservation : Causes of Extinction
Biodiversity loss and Conservation Extinction is the evolutionary equivalent of the proverbial adage that “death and taxes are inevitable.” Evolutionary biologists are certain that, just as every person will eventually pass away, every species will eventually go extinct. In reality, according to the fossil record, 99.9% of all species …
Read More »Biodiversity: Prehistoric Periods of Earth
Ecology is a branch of biology that studies and explains the biodiversity of existing ecosystems. Ecological processes have evolutionary implications as well. They interact with genetic diversity via adaptation, microevolution and speciation. Biodiversity expresses the richness of life within a specific bio-bubble. Which has a very substantial history and a …
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