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Advantages Of Wolf

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DIVERSITY of LIVING THINGS
INTRODUCTION
Have you ever owned a dog? No? Well you have no doubt seen plenty of dogs before. Have you ever seen a wolf? Unlikely, but you must have at least seen pictures on what wolves look like. You must have also noticed that though you could differentiate dogs from wolves, there were other little (and sometimes not so little) similarities between the two animals. These similarities include height, facial structure, and even behavioral tendencies. That is because both animals belong to the same genus but different species, each one similar and yet still different from the other. What sets apart each species from others in its genus? What relates each of them to the other? These questions are what the study …show more content…

• They exhibit different modes of nutrition. Some are saprophytes, feeding on dead and decaying organic matter. Some are autotrophs, using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis to manufacture their food. Some obtain their nutrition from living tissue, harming the tissue in the process (parasitic nutrition)
• They exist in different habitats (air, water, and soil). Some even exist and thrive in harsh conditions
• They come in different shapes: bacilli (rod-like bacteria), cocci (circular bacteria), vibrio (comma-shaped bacteria), etc.
• Classified as gram-positive or gram-negative based on the thickness of cell wall. Gram-positive bacteria stains purple under the dye while Gram-negative bacteria stains pink
• Can be killed with antibiotics and can develop antibiotic resistance
• They transfer their chromosomes through a sex pilus
• Some bacteria exist as part of the normal microflora of the body
• They cause diseases e.g. Vibrio cholerae causes cholera
• They are used in food production e.g. Lactobacillus bulgaris for milk production, Saccharomyces cerivisiae for beer

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