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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Agave".
There are around 200 species of agave. These plants have thick,...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Aloe".
There are about 400 species of aloe. Most aloe plants have...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Orchidaceae".
There are over 21,000 species of orchid. They are likely the...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Arecaceae".
There are about 2,600 species of palm tree. Palms are well-known...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Poaceae".
There are over 9,000 species of grasses. These plants have leaves...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Victoria amazonia".
The Amazon water lily is the largest water lily. Its leaves...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Magnolia grandiflora L.".
There are about 225 species in the magnolia family. This is...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Sequoiadendron".
There are three living species of redwood. This evergreen family includes...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Helicobacter pylori (Marshall et al. 1985) Goodwin et al., 1989".
Helicobacter pylori lives in the stomachs of over half the people...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Spirogyra Link In C. G. Nees, 1820".
There are about 6,000 species of green algae. Many green algae...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Cyanophycota".
Cyanobacteria are one of the oldest groups of living things. The...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Pseudonocardia".
Pseudonocardia are part of a family of bacteria that make antibiotics....
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Mycobacterium tuberculosis".
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is leading cause of the disease tuberculosis. This oxygen-loving...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Staphylococcus aureus".
Under a microscope, staph bacteria look like bunches of grapes. Yet...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Rhizobiaceae".
Rhizobacteria are legumes’ best friends. All plants need nitrogen. Most can...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Salmonella typhimurium DT104".
Salmonella infects around 142,000 people in the United States every year....
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus (Orla-Jensen 1919) Weiss et al., 1984".
Without Lactobacillus bacteria, we would not have yoghurt, cheese, pickles, or...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Stephanodiscus yellowstonensis".
There may be over 100,000 species of diatom. Like plants, these...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Methanopyrus kandleri Kurr et al. 1992".
We once thought nothing could live in boiling hot temperatures. We...
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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Escherichia coli (Migula 1895) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)".
Gut bacteria are rod-shaped. Many are found the intestines of animals,...
