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Pyropia Virididentata
''Pyropia virididentata'', formerly known as ''Porphyra virididentata'', is a red alga species in the genus ''Pyropia.'' It is endemic to New Zealand. It is monostromatic, monoecious, and grows in the intertidal zone, predominantly on rock substrata. With '' Porphyra cinnamomea'', '' Pyropia rakiura'' and '' Clymene coleana'', they can be distinguished by morphology (such as the microscopic arrangement of cells along their thallus margin, their thallus shape, size and colour), as well as geographical, ecological and seasonal distribution patterns, and importantly, chromosome numbers, which in this species n = 3. Finally, these four species are distinguished by a particular nucleotide sequence at the 18S rDNA locus. The type locality of this species is Island Bay in Wellington. This species is found on the coasts of the lower part of the North Island and the South Island. It is susceptible to infection by the parasitic oomycete ''Pythium porphyrae''. References Further rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Nelson (marine Scientist)
Wendy Alison Nelson is a New Zealand marine scientist and world expert in phycology. She is New Zealand's leading authority on seaweeds. Nelson is particularly interested in the biosystematics of seaweeds/macroalgae of New Zealand, with research on floristics, evolution and phylogeny, as well as ecology, and life history studies of marine algae. Recently she has worked on the systematics and biology of red algae including coralline algae, distribution and diversity of seaweeds in harbours and soft sediment habitats, and seaweeds of the Ross Sea and Balleny Islands. Education Nelson was born in Dunedin. As a child she describes herself as obsessed with rock pools, beginning snorkeling at age 12, and was strongly influenced by Morton and Miller's 1968 book ''The New Zealand Seashore''. She completed a BSc at the University of Auckland in 1975, then a BSc Hons at Victoria University of Wellington, before heading to Vancouver, Canada, to do her PhD at the University of British Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nucleotide
Nucleotides are organic molecules consisting of a nucleoside and a phosphate. They serve as monomeric units of the nucleic acid polymers – deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), both of which are essential biomolecules within all life-forms on Earth. Nucleotides are obtained in the diet and are also synthesized from common nutrients by the liver. Nucleotides are composed of three subunit molecules: a nucleobase, a five-carbon sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), and a phosphate group consisting of one to three phosphates. The four nucleobases in DNA are guanine, adenine, cytosine and thymine; in RNA, uracil is used in place of thymine. Nucleotides also play a central role in metabolism at a fundamental, cellular level. They provide chemical energy—in the form of the nucleoside triphosphates, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), guanosine triphosphate (GTP), cytidine triphosphate (CTP) and uridine triphosphate (UTP)—throughout the cell for the many cellular func ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangiophyceae
Bangiophyceae is a class of red algae. In some classifications it is merged with the Florideophyceae to form the Rhodophyceae. The Bangiophyceae, as defined traditionally, are paraphyletic. Their taxonomic identification has been difficult because of a lack of distinct morphological features, and the presumed morphological plasticity of the species. Molecular tools are required to elucidate the relationships within this assemblage. It is still used by some sources, and defined ''sensu stricto'' (including ''Bangia'' and ''Porphyra'' but not the species included in Florideophyceae Florideophyceae is a class of red algae. They were once thought to be the only algae to bear pit connections, but these have since been found in the filamentous stage of the Bangiaceae. They were also thought only to exhibit apical growth, but t ...) is considered a valid clade. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q1349723 Red algae classes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangiales
Bangiales is an order of red algae in the class Bangiophyceae Bangiophyceae is a class of red algae. In some classifications it is merged with the Florideophyceae to form the Rhodophyceae. The Bangiophyceae, as defined traditionally, are paraphyletic. Their taxonomic identification has been difficult b .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2715035 Red algae orders Bangiophyceae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porphyra
''Porphyra'' is a genus of coldwater seaweeds that grow in cold, shallow seawater. More specifically, it belongs to red algae phylum of laver species (from which comes laverbread), comprising approximately 70 species.Brodie, J.A. and Irvine, L.M. 2003. ''Seaweeds of the British Isles.'' Volume 1 Part 3b. The Natural History Museum, London. It grows in the intertidal zone, typically between the upper intertidal zone and the splash zone in cold waters of temperate oceans. In East Asia, it is used to produce the sea vegetable products ''nori'' (in Japan) and '' gim'' (in Korea). There are considered to be 60 to 70 species of ''Porphyra'' worldwide Kain, J.M. 1991. Cultivation of attached seaweeds. in Guiry, M.D. and Blunden, G. 1992. ''Seaweed Resources in Europe: Uses and Potential.'' John Wiley and Sons, Chichester and seven around Britain and Ireland where it has been traditionally used to produce edible sea vegetables on the Irish Sea coast.Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2006. ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chlidophyllon
Erythrotrichiaceae is a red algae Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta also comprises one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 currently recognized species with taxonomic revisions ongoing. The majority ... family in the order Erythropeltidales. References Red algae families Compsopogonophyceae {{Rhodophyta-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrophyllon
Erythrotrichiaceae is a red algae family in the order Erythropeltidales Erythropeltidales is a red algae order in the class Compsopogonophyceae. References Red algae orders Compsopogonophyceae {{Rhodophyta-stub .... References Red algae families Compsopogonophyceae {{Rhodophyta-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pythium Porphyrae
''Pythium porphyrae'', is a parasitism, parasitic species of oomycete in the family Pythiaceae. It is the cause of red rot disease or red wasting disease, also called ' () in Japanese language, Japanese. The Botanical name, specific epithet ''porphyrae'' () stems from the genus of one of its common hosts, ''Porphyra'', and the purple-red color of the lesions on the thallus of the host. However, many of its hosts have been moved from the genus ''Porphyra'' to ''Pyropia''. Economic impact ''Pythium porphyrae'' can destroy an entire crop of nori within 3 weeks.ARASAKI, S. (1962). Studies on the artificial culture of Porphyra tenera Kjellm. 111. On the red wasting disease of Porphyra, especially on the physiology of the causal fungus Pythium sp.nov. [In Japanese, English summary.] Journal of the Agricultural Laboratory, Abiko, Japan. Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry 3, 87-93 It prefers low salinity and warm water (24-28 °C).SUTO, S., SAITO, Y., AKIYAMA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oomycete
Oomycota forms a distinct phylogenetic lineage of fungus-like eukaryotic microorganisms, called oomycetes (). They are filamentous and heterotrophic, and can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Sexual reproduction of an oospore is the result of contact between hyphae of male antheridia and female oogonia; these spores can overwinter and are known as resting spores. Asexual reproduction involves the formation of chlamydospores and sporangia, producing motile zoospores. Oomycetes occupy both saprophytic and pathogenic lifestyles, and include some of the most notorious pathogens of plants, causing devastating diseases such as late blight of potato and sudden oak death. One oomycete, the mycoparasite '' Pythium oligandrum'', is used for biocontrol, attacking plant pathogenic fungi. The oomycetes are also often referred to as water molds (or water moulds), although the water-preferring nature which led to that name is not true of most species, which are terrestrial pathogens. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasitism
Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has characterised parasites as "predators that eat prey in units of less than one". Parasites include single-celled protozoans such as the agents of malaria, sleeping sickness, and amoebic dysentery; animals such as hookworms, lice, mosquitoes, and vampire bats; fungi such as Armillaria mellea, honey fungus and the agents of ringworm; and plants such as mistletoe, dodder, and the Orobanchaceae, broomrapes. There are six major parasitic Behavioral ecology#Evolutionarily stable strategy, strategies of exploitation of animal hosts, namely parasitic castration, directly transmitted parasitism (by contact), wikt:trophic, trophicallytransmitted parasitism (by being eaten), Disease vector, vector-transmitted paras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locus (genetics)
In genetics, a locus (plural loci) is a specific, fixed position on a chromosome where a particular gene or genetic marker is located. Each chromosome carries many genes, with each gene occupying a different position or locus; in humans, the total number of protein-coding genes in a complete haploid set of 23 chromosomes is estimated at 19,000–20,000. Genes may possess multiple variants known as alleles, and an allele may also be said to reside at a particular locus. Diploid and polyploid cells whose chromosomes have the same allele at a given locus are called homozygous with respect to that locus, while those that have different alleles at a given locus are called heterozygous. The ordered list of loci known for a particular genome is called a gene map. Gene mapping is the process of determining the specific locus or loci responsible for producing a particular phenotype or biological trait. Association mapping, also known as "linkage disequilibrium mapping", is a method of ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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