Biology

Microbes, those tiny, impossible-to-see beings that we know surround our environment but we hardly know… Read More »Environmental microbiology: definition and importance

In nature, interspecific competition phenomena (between organisms of different species) are very common, since each… Read More »Antibiosis: definition and examples

Thanks to microbiology, the knowledge of the different structures and composition of bacteria, as well… Read More »Are bacteria living things?

On many occasions, when we talk about flowers in terms of gardening or botany, the… Read More »Inflorescence: what is it, types and parts

Not all living organisms obtain the energy and nutrients necessary to carry out their biological… Read More »Autotrophic organisms: what are they, characteristics and examples

The root of the plants is a part that is usually hidden from view because… Read More »Root parts and their functions

The seeds are nothing more than the mature ovules from which a new plant will… Read More »Seed parts and their functions

Fruits are a very important part of the reproductive cycle of plants, some of them… Read More »Fruit parts and their functions

At first, all living organisms were classified as animals or plants and, in this second… Read More »Kingdom Plantae: what is it, characteristics, classification and examples