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Cycas

Systematic Position Division: Gymnospermae Class      : Cycadophyta Order     : Cycadales Family   : Cycadaceae Genus    : Cycas Occurrence Cycas has a limited distribution. It is found in south East Asia, South China, Southren India, South Japan and Australia. …

Psilotum

Systematic Position Division: Pteridophyta Class      : Psilopsida Order     : Psilotales Family   : Psilotaceae Genus    : Psilotum Occurrence Psilotum is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. It may grow as an epiphyte on the bark of trees. It also …

Anthoceros

Systematic Position Division: Bryophyta Class      : Anthoceropsida Order     : Anthocerotales Family   : Anthocerotaceae Genus    : Anthoceros Occurrence Anthoceros grows on moist soil. They are present in shady places or in the crevices of rocks. …

Polytrichum

Systematic Position Division: Bryophyta Class      : Bryopsida Order     : Polytrichales Family   : Polytrichaceae Genus    : Polytrichum Occurrence: Polytrichum have worldwide distribution. They are very common in cool temperature and tropical regions. Plants live in cool …

Porella

Systematic Position Division: Bryophyta Class      : Hepaticopsida Order     : Jungermanniales Family   : Porallaceae Genus    : Porella Occurrence: Most species of Porella are distributed in tropical to temperate regions. It grows on moist rocks, on the …

General characters

The mosses and moss alies belong to a single division the Bryophyta. This division includes the most primitive of the green land plants. Bryophytes are structurally simple in both morphology and anatomy. Bryophytes are the most simplest and most primitive …

Agaricus

This is a large genus of fungi often synonymized with the term ‘mushrooms’, distributed mainly in temperate regions. Agaricus spp. are saprotrophs, growing in pastures and woodland litter. The mycelium is perennial and some species and some species, e.g. A. arvensis …

Constructing a Library of Genes

Gene libraries are used to find new genes, to sequence entire genomes, and to compare genes from different organisms. Gene libraries are made when the entire DNA from one particular organism is digested into fragments using restriction enzymes, and then …

Yeast Bread-making

The principle behind the leavening of bread dough by baker’s yeast is the same as in brewing, i.e. the anaerobic metabolism of glucose and other reducing sugars via pyruvic acid into ethanol and CO2. The difference is that the released …