evolution and diversity of microbes
Cards (49)
- What are prokaryotes?
- How long did prokaryotes dominate Earth?
- What significant environmental changes did prokaryotes cause?
- What happened to ocean depths due to prokaryotes?
- What global event was precipitated by prokaryotes?
- How did prokaryotes change over time?
- What is the lifestyle of prokaryotes when resources are unavailable?
- What happens to prokaryotes when resources become available?
- What limits the rate of cell division in prokaryotes?
- What is selected for when resources are scarce?
- What is selected for when resources are plentiful?
- What is the limit on prokaryote genome size?
- How do larger genomes affect prokaryotes?
- Where are larger genomes favored?
- What happens to excess genes in prokaryotes?
- What do prokaryotes tend to lose?
- How can prokaryotes acquire new genes?
- What is the role of core genes in prokaryote phylogenetics?
- What do lateral genes form in prokaryotes?
- How do distant prokaryotes exchange DNA?
- What complicates the species concept in prokaryotes?
- What does the quote “If a bacterium can find an electron, it will steal it” imply?
- What does Hydrogenobaculum oxidise?
- What does Gallionella oxidise?
- Where can prokaryotes survive?
- What is Strain 121 known for?
- What happens to Strain 121 at 130°C?
- What does Sulfolobus oxidise?
- What is the pH of water acidified by Sulfolobus?
- What event caused the exclusion of anaerobes from much of Earth?
- Where do methanogens survive?
- What do methanogens produce?
- What do anaerobes do in the presence of oxygen?
- How do prokaryotes reduce competition?
- What do prokaryote communities form?
- What are stromatolites?
- How old are the oldest stromatolites?
- What shapes do stromatolites form?
- What caused the decline of stromatolites?
- Where are present-day stromatolites restricted to?