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Biota: Collectively, the plants, microorganisms, and animals of a certain area or region.
Biotransformation: Conversion of a substance into other compounds by organisms; including biodegradation.

 


Biota
Plants and animals in an environment. Some of these plants and animals might be sources of food, clothing, or medicines for people.

biota
The animals, plants, and microbes that live in a particular location orregion.
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Biota
The animal and plant life of a particular region.
Biotransformation ...

Biota: The animal and plant life of a given region.
Biotechnology: Techniques that use living organisms or parts of organisms to produce a variety of products (from medicines to industrial enzymes) to improve plants or animals or to develop ...

biota All the named or nameable organisms of an area; the fauna and flora of a region.

B biota
Definition (english only)
All living organisms of an area; the flora and fauna considered as a unit.

Xenobiota: Any biotum displaced from its normal habitat; a chemical foreign to a biological system.
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Yard Waste: The part of solid waste composed of grass clippings, leaves, twigs, branches, and other garden refuse.

gnotobiota
Specifically and entirely known microfauna and microflora of a specially reared laboratory animal.

Biota
All living organisms in a given area.
Carcinogenic or Carcinogen
Capable of causing cancer. A suspected carcinogen is a substance that may cause cancer in humans or animals but for which the evidence is not conclusive. ...

Recovery Facility (MRF) Mechanical Containment Median Lethal Dose or LD50 Medical Waste Megacity Megalopolis Megawatt Methane Methanol Methyl Bromide Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether or MTBE Microbiota ...

Each of these global reservoirs may be subdivided into smaller pools ranging in size from individual communities or ecosystems to the total of all living organisms (biota).

periphyton the biota attached to submersed surfaces; community of sessile organisms on lake and stream substrata
permafrost. permanently frozen soil.
pH. a measure of hydrogen ion concentration or acidity.

Within an ecosystem the biota and physical surroundings maintain a complex system of interactions or functions.

Removal of mud from the bottom of water bodies. This can disturb the ecosystem and causes silting that kills aquatic life. Dredging of contaminated muds can expose biota to heavy metals and other toxins.
Drilling Fluid ...

The questions that arise from consideration of water quality relative to human uses of the water become more complex when consideration must be given to conditions required to sustain aquatic biota.

Biota The fauna and flora together; all the living organisms at a location. Biotic Living; usually applied to the biological aspects of an organism's environment, i.e. the influences of other organisms.

See also: Water, Environment, Waste, Air, Environmental

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