Here's an example of the other type of request. The requestor has
not learned the meaning of the terms being asked about, doesn't
know how to spell and has copied out some material from a textbook
to make it look like research. So, not only are we being
asked to do that person's work, we're also being asked to figure
out what they want.
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I am very interested in observing what everyone thinks of when they
consider microbial development. What type of definition would be suitable for
this term? What is the scope of the phase? This interest is partly a result
of my own research and partly because of an advanced Microbiology course in
which I am enrolled. In this course we are going to attempt to address the
issue of Bacterial Development in regard to the physiology of microbes. Some
examples of the types of systems we will be studing include Cyanobacteria,
Myxobacteria, Bacterial Multicellularity, and Caulobacter development. For
instance certain cyanobacteria undergo a developmental process which leads to a
development of specialized areas of the cell. These specialized areas include
a vegatative cell filament, an akinete, and a heterocyst. Another example
includes the Caulobacter species. This bacterium has a specialized stalk which
allows one cell to adhere to a solid support; while this cell adheres to the
surface a daughter cell buds off having a flagella, but no stalk. Over time
this daughter cell may develop a stalk and anchor itself to a surface, and so
forth. These processes are often very complex. Other examples include
bacteria which develop a top and bottom such as S. sela (sp). I would like to
hear what type of definition, based on the type of systems I have discribed,
could adaquately discribe Microbial Development.
