Dominant cultureA dominant culture is a cultural practice that is dominant within a particular political, social or economic entity, in which multiple cultures co-exist. It may refer to a language, religion/ritual, social value and/or social custom. These features are often a norm for an entire society. An individual achieves dominance by being perceived as pertaining to a majority of the population and having a significant presence in institutions relating to communication, education, artistic expression, law, government and business.
Endolithevignette|Prélèvement de cyanobactéries endolithiques dans du granite.|alt=instruments d'échantillonnage de cyanobactéries dans des fissures de granit. Un endolithe est un organisme vivant au sein de roches, dans leurs pores, leurs fissures ou entre les grains minéraux qui la constituent, participant à la biométéorisation de ces roches dont il tire son alimentation. Les micro-organismes endolithiques peuvent être des archées, des bactéries et cyanobactéries, des microchampignons ou lichens, des algues voire des amibes.
ChemosynthesisIn biochemistry, chemosynthesis is the biological conversion of one or more carbon-containing molecules (usually carbon dioxide or methane) and nutrients into organic matter using the oxidation of inorganic compounds (e.g., hydrogen gas, hydrogen sulfide) or ferrous ions as a source of energy, rather than sunlight, as in photosynthesis. Chemoautotrophs, organisms that obtain carbon from carbon dioxide through chemosynthesis, are phylogenetically diverse.
SurexploitationLa surexploitation, en sciences de l'environnement et dans l'économie du développement durable, est le stade où un prélèvement de ressources naturelles, difficilement ou coûteusement renouvelables, dépasse le stade du renouvellement. La surexploitation du « capital nature » induit une altération des écosystèmes, parfois irréversible aux échelles humaines de temps, avec d'éventuels impacts collatéraux à échelle planétaire (sur le climat en particulier).
CyanotheceCyanothece is a genus of unicellular, diazotrophic, oxygenic photosynthesizing cyanobacteria. In 1976, Jiří Komárek defined the prokaryotic cyanobacteria genus Cyanothece as distinct from Synechococcus NAG 1949. Organisms in both genera share characteristics in addition to being oxygenic phototrophs. They are both unicellular, forming aggregates, but not found in mucilaginous colonies. They may have a thin mucilage layer around each cell. Both genera also divide by binary fission along an axis perpendicular to the cell's longitudinal axis.
