Daily Newsletter March 19, 2012
Special Video: In honor of St. Patrick's Day, here is a little biology video. Can you describe all of the biological processes the singer presents? Could you describe all of these if asked?
Today's Topic: Diversity
After our discussion on bacterial evolution, it is time to turn our attention to the wealth of bacterial diversity found on Earth. As you are hopefully starting to see, there are more bacteria on Earth than any other life form. Even a human being is 10 times more bacterial than eukaryotic. Many bacteria have unique biochemical pathways and interesting metabolic processes. The metabolic diversity of bacteria is incredible, with bacteria and archaea being able to perform chemical processes that do not occur in eukaryotes. Some of these chemical transformations scientists believed only humans could manage in a lab.
The only way to learn about bacteria diversity is to start learning about the different organisms. Today and tomorrow will be fairly straight forward. I want you to discuss bacteria. On Wednesday, we'll move to Archaea.
Daily Challenge: Diversity
Below, you will see three groups of organisms. Pick one organism from each group and write up a synopsis of the bacteria.
Important Information:
- Taxonomy.
- Habitat.
- Human Interaction (Medical, Environmental, Research, Industrial)
- One important metabolic feature.
Group 2: Neisseria, Vibrio, Shigella or Mycobacterium
Gropu 3: Bacillus, Streptococcus, Streptomyces, or Flavobacterium
Administrative NOTE: Milestone Paper 2
You have until tomorrow night to finish your paper reviews. Authors can then go back and leave comments for their reviewers.
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