niche

Examples of niche in the following topics:

• Microbes and Ecosystem Niches

  • Every ecosystem on Earth contains microorganisms that occupy unique niches based on their specific metabolic properties.
  • Each species in an ecosystem is thought to occupy a separate, unique niche.
  • In essence, the niche is a complex description of the ways in which a microbial species uses its environment.
  • The precise ecological niche of a microbe is primarily determined by the specific metabolic properties of that organism.
  • Thermophiles, which thrive at relatively high temperatures, occupy a unique ecological niche.

• Microbial Environments and Microenvironments

  • Therefore, microbes have adapted to fill every ecological niche on the planet.
  • In addition to occupying a unique niche within an ecosystem, microbes are potentially sensitive to subtle environmental differences between adjacent areas.

• Shared Features of Bacteria and Archaea

  • The evolution of Archaea in response to antibiotic selection, or any other competitive selective pressure, could also explain their adaptation to extreme environments (such as high temperature or acidity) as the result of a search for unoccupied niches to escape from antibiotic-producing organisms; Cavalier-Smith has made a similar suggestion.

• The Heat-Shock Response

  • This is an example of small heat shock proteins produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clonal Variants Isolated from Diverse Niches.

• Ecology, Epidemiology, and Evolution of Pathogens

  • In addition, human activity is involved with many emerging infectious diseases, such as environmental change enabling a parasite to occupy new niches.

• Industrial Microorganisms

  • They are found in numerous ecological niches and are most often used in industry for the mass production of amino acids and nutritional factors.

• Introduction to Plasmids

  • Plasmids may carry genes that provide resistance to naturally occurring antibiotics in a competitive environmental niche, or the proteins produced may act as toxins under similar circumstances.

• Environmental Diversity of Microbes

  • Summarize how microbial diversity contributes to microbial occupation of diverse geographical niches.

• Negative-Strand RNA Viruses of Animals

  • Rhabdoviruses are a diverse family of single-stranded, negative-sense RNA viruses that can successfully utilize a myriad of ecological niches, ranging from plants and insects, to fish and mammals.

• Tooth and Gum Infections

  • Bacteria occupy the ecological niche provided by both the tooth surface and gingival epithelium.