Organism

  • 61True breeding organism — A true breeding organism, sometimes also called a pure bred, is an organism having certain biological traits which are passed on to all subsequent generations when bred with another true breeding organism for the same traits. In other words, to… …

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  • 62Ur-organism — is the term loosely given to the hypothetical first life species, from which all other life presumably evolved. The term was used first by Charles Darwin, and has been picked up by various subsequent thinkers addressing the same questions of… …

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  • 63Unicellular organism — Single celled redirects here. For prison cell assignment, see Single celling. A unicellular organism, also known as a single celled organism is an organism that consists of only one cell, in contrast to a multicellular organism that consists of… …

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  • 64Aerobic organism — Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria can be identified by growing them in a liquid culture: 1: Obligate aerobic bacteria gather at the top of the test tube in order to absorb maximal amount of oxygen. 2: Obligate anaerobic bacteria gather at the bottom …

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  • 65Anaerobic organism — Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria can be identified by growing them in liquid culture: 1: Obligate aerobic (oxygen needing) bacteria gather at the top of the test tube in order to absorb maximal amount of oxygen. 2: Obligate anaerobic bacteria… …

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  • 66Compensatory growth (organism) — For the compensatory growth of organs, see Compensatory growth (organ). Compensatory growth, also known as catch up growth and compensatory gain, is an accelerated growth of an organism following a period of slowed growth, particularly as a… …

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  • 67Digital organism — Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology …

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  • 68Beneficial organism — In agriculture and gardening, a beneficial organism is any organism that benefits the growing process, including insects, arachnids, other animals, plants, bacteria, fungi, viruses, and nematodes. Benefits include pest control, pollination, and… …

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  • 69List of digital organism simulators — This is a list of Artificial life/Digital organism simulators, organized by the method of creature definition.Program basedThese contain organisms with a complex DNA language, usually Turing complete. This language is more often in the form of a… …

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  • 70genetically modified organism — ➔ GMO * * * genetically modified organism UK US noun [C] PRODUCTION ► GMO(Cf. ↑GMO) …

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