Biology is designed for multi-semester biology courses for science majors. It is …
Biology is designed for multi-semester biology courses for science majors. It is grounded on an evolutionary basis and includes exciting features that highlight careers in the biological sciences and everyday applications of the concepts at hand. To meet the needs of today’s instructors and students, some content has been strategically condensed while maintaining the overall scope and coverage of traditional texts for this course. Instructors can customize the book, adapting it to the approach that works best in their classroom. Biology also includes an innovative art program that incorporates critical thinking and clicker questions to help students understand—and apply—key concepts.
This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by …
This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:
"The termite gut is the world’s smallest bioreactor and the most efficient system for breaking down biomass. To learn how this mini-digester might one day be scaled up to a technologically meaningful level, researchers examined the structure and function of the gut microbiomes from 11 termite genera which were grouped by diet into plant-fiber feeders and soil feeders. Both groups had similar bacterial flora. But subtle differences did emerge, with each termite species harbouring a unique set of genes encoding for breaking down plant biomass. Future metagenomics studies could help refine the specific functions of different bacterial genes within the termite gut, allowing for better insight into the termite–bacteria relationship and teasing out capabilities that could help bring these microscopic reactors to the macroscale..."
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