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| Domain | Definition |
Agriculture | A microbe that has been linked to massive fish kills in Maryland, Delaware and North Carolina. Some scientists believe pfiesteria's growth is fostered by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus from air pollution, cities, suburbs, sewage plants and farms. Both nitrogen and phosphorus are concentrated in chicken manure, which is spread liberally on farmland as fertilizer in watersheds adjoining the affected rivers. While there is no proven direct connection, the farm community is involved in efforts to identify the causal linkages and remedy the problem. (references) |
Health | A dinoflagellate with a life cycle that includes numerous flagellated, amoeboid, and encysted stages. Both the flagellated and amoeboid forms produce toxins which cause open wounds on fish. Pfiesteria piscicida feeds on tissue sloughed from these wounds, as well as on bacteria and algae. It is found in Atlantic estuaries of the United States. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Its living cycle is extremely complex: scientists have found at least 24 different stages, spanning from cyst to several amoeba-like forms. The organism apparently moves through these different stages as environmental conditions require.
Pfiesteria produces a powerful toxin, used to kill fishes, even relatively large ones. The toxin can also be carried in the air, as experimenters learned when cultivating the organism in laboratory.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pfiesteria piscicida."
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pfiesteria piscicida | 6 |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pfisteria piscicida. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-e-f-i-i-i-i-i-p-p-r-s-s-t" | |
-5 letters: perspicacities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 46 49 45 53 54 45 52 49 41 50 49 53 43 49 43 49 44 41 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000110 01001001 01000101 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001001 01000001 00100000 01010000 01001001 01010011 01000011 01001001 01000011 01001001 01000100 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P F I E S T E R I A   P I S C I C I D A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0046 0049 0045 0053 0054 0045 0052 0049 0041 0050 0049 0053 0043 0049 0043 0049 0044 0041 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)504043395354395243352504353374337433835 |
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