Evolution
In the analogy of life on planet earth, this month would be when life first appeared on Earth.
What is March.
This organ of the human body is colonized by bacteria from the Propionibacterium, Corynebacterium, and Staphylococcus genera.
What is the skin.
The current geologic epoch we are currently living in.
What is the Anthropocene.
The “Greatest symbiosis of all time” refers to what hypothesis first developed by Lynn Margulis?
What is the endosymbiotic theory.
This ‘hidden organ’ of the human body contains approximately 39 trillion bacterial cells.
What is the human gut microbiome.
In March 1854, this British explorer began an 8-year trek through the islands of Malaysia and Indonesia cataloging the diversity of plant and animal life.
Who is Alfred Russel Wallace.
This organelle of plants was originally a free-living relative of a Cyanobacterium.
What is the chloroplast.
This bacterium is the causative agent of the bubonic plague that killed an estimated 50 million people across the globe in the 14th century.
What is Yersinia pestis.
This field of science asks the fundamental question ‘what lives where.’
What is biogeography
This domain of life consists of all plants, animals, and fungi.
What are Eukaryotes.
This fluid is the preferred growth substrate of Bifidobacterium that are abundant in the gut of infants.
What is human milk.
Captive monkeys often develop this disease that is characterized by inflammation of the colon.
What is colitis.