Water Bulgarians are a symbiotic culture of probiotic bacteria and yeast in sugar water. These are forming translucent and gelatinous grains as they grow. Among the bacteria present, the genera Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, Streptococcus spp, Acetobacter and Leuconostoc stand out. Yeasts such as Saccharomyces, Kluyveromyces, Torula and possibly others also stand out. These crops are found
The Fungi kingdom is the classification where fungi are grouped. This includes organisms such as bread and beer yeasts, smuts, fruit molds, and mushrooms, many of them with shapes and functions that are familiar to us as human beings. This is a very large group of organisms: initially it was thought that there were more
The adaptive radiation is a phenomenon involving the evolutionary diversification of a set of species that leads to the appearance, for “fast” adaptation to different ecological niches, new forms from the same ancestral species. The concept of adaptive radiation was proposed by Charles Darwin, a 19th century English naturalist, after a trip he undertook to
Firmicutes is one of the phyla within which Bacteria are classified. This phylum comprises three classes (Bacilli, Clostridia and Erysipelotrichia), 26 families and 223 genera, thus constituting the main bacterial phylum. The bacteria classified in this phylum have a common evolutionary history. All have a rigid cell wall , from which the name Firmicutes derives
The cotyledons or seminal leaves are the first embryonic “leaves” of a developing plant. They are found in plants with seeds and their main function is to nourish the embryo during germination. Angiosperms, which are the most abundant seed plants in nature, reproduce sexually thanks to the fusion of the nuclei of an egg cell
The liquid chlorophyll is a dietary supplement that is associated with improving the immune function and gastrointestinal disorders, including eliminating bad breath. Chlorophyll is the most widely distributed natural green pigment on the planet. Its action in the plant consists of the formation of carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water with the release of oxygen,
The whales breathe through the lungs, reason usually rise to the surface of the ocean to air.It is important to note that, because whales live in the oceans, many people consider them to be fish. However, whales are actually mammals. Mammals are a group of animals that breathe using their lungs, that give birth to
The blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a placental mammal belonging to the order of the cetaceans. It is the largest species in the entire animal kingdom, being around 33 meters long and weighing about 150 tons. Its skin is bluish gray, but under water it looks a more intense blue color. Despite its
Hemicellulose is a term used to designate a very diverse group of polysaccharides present in the cell walls of many plants and that represent more than a third of the biomass of said structures. The concept was proposed by Johann Heinrich Schulze to designate polysaccharides other than starch and in association with cellulose that were
The wolf spider ( Lycosa tarantula ) is a spider belonging to the Lycosidae family. It was described by Linnaeus in 1758. This species is one of the largest on the European continent. They are quite shy so when they feel threatened they quickly flee to their shelters. Initially they were called tarantulas, however, with
