Biota may refer to:
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Life
Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energ ...
, matter that has biological processes
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Organism
In biology, an organism () is any living system that functions as an individual entity. All organisms are composed of cells (cell theory). Organisms are classified by taxonomy into groups such as multicellular animals, plants, and ...
s, living things
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Biota (ecology)
A biome () is a biogeographical unit consisting of a biological community that has formed in response to the physical environment in which they are found and a shared regional climate. Biomes may span more than one continent. Biome is a broader ...
, or biome, the plant and animal life of a region
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Biota (plant)
''Platycladus'' is a monotypic genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, ''Platycladus orientalis'', also known as Chinese thuja, Oriental arborvitae, Chinese arborvitae, biota or Orient ...
, or ''Platycladus orientalis'', a coniferous tree
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Biota!
Biota! was a proposed aquarium in the Silvertown Quays redevelopment, on the site of Millennium Mills adjacent to the Royal Victoria Dock, part of the wider Thames Gateway regeneration project for East London. The £80 million building by Ter ...
, a proposed aquarium in London
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Biota, Cinco Villas
Biota is a municipality (pop. 1,202) in the Spanish province of Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom ...
, a municipality in Aragon, Spain
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Biota (band)
Biota is an American experimental electronic music ensemble.
Musical career
Amid a fertile creative environment in Fort Collins, Colorado, in the late 1970s, Biota's first recording projects were produced under the name Mnemonist Orchestra (sho ...
, an American experimental electronic music ensemble
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''Biota'' (album), a 1982 album by Mnemonist Orchestra, which later became Biota
See also
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