Chemosynthetic Bacteria include a group of autotrophic or photosynthetic bacteria capable of oxidizing various inorganic substances to produce... View Article
Yes. Methane is produced from the dung of ruminating animals, mainly because of the presence of methanogens (microorganisms that produce methane)... View Article
No. Fungi are no more considered plants or animals. Fungi have been classified into a separate kingdom - Kingdom Fungi, mainly based on certain... View Article
Yes. Lichens are called very good pollution indicators because these species are susceptible to certain pollutants. Hence, they do not grow in... View Article
Mixotrophic nutrition refers to the organisms which include different modes of nutrition. i.e. more than one mode of nutrition. However, there... View Article
Yes. Slime moulds are saprophytic protists, which derive their nutrition mainly from decaying organic matter. Slime moulds are free-living... View Article
Euglenoids are unicellular microorganisms, which are grouped into the kingdom Protista and the algal phylum. The characteristic features of... View Article
Plant cells do not have contractile vacuoles. Contractile vacuoles are specialized types of vacuoles found within the cells of lower organisms,... View Article
No. Both bacteria and plant cell walls are entirely different in their structure and composition. The bacterial cell wall is primarily composed... View Article
No. Non-living objects do not exhibit metabolism, because they lack cellular organization. Metabolism is defined as the set of chemical reactions... View Article
Yes. In unicellular organisms, including amoeba, algae, bacteria and yeasts, growth is the same as reproduction. This is mainly because the... View Article
The contractile vacuoles are a specialized type of vacuoles present in amoeba. It is a regulatory organelle, spherical in shape, found in lower... View Article
Systematics is the branch of biology, which explains taxonomic affinities based on genetic, evolutionary and morphological traits. The term... View Article
Yes. All living organisms are linked to one another. This is mainly because every living organism shares a common genetic material made up of... View Article
In humans, implantation is a stage of pregnancy. The process of embedding the zygote into the wall of the uterus is called implantation. This... View Article
Yes. Plastids are double-membrane organelles, which are responsible for manufacturing and storing food in plant cells. There are different types... View Article
Yes. The smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER) is a significant site for the synthesis of lipids. The smooth endoplasmic reticulum is a system of... View Article
Microtubules are hollow, microscopic, solid and linear tubular structures, which are composed of proteins. These filamentous, intracellular... View Article
The grana and stroma lamellae are the parts of chloroplasts. Grana Grana are the sites for the light reaction of photosynthesis. The grana of the... View Article
Yes. The nuclear envelope is a derivative of the endoplasmic reticulum, as it is produced by rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) in telophase. The... View Article
