Case study 1 Identification of Marine Species

What are coral Symbionts

Photosynthetic organisms living within coral tissues.

What is heat Tolerance

Ability of corals to withstand high temperatures.

What is BLAST

Basic Local Alignment Search Tool for sequence comparison.

What is GenBank

Database for nucleotide sequences and annotations.

What are phylogenetic Trees

Diagrams showing evolutionary relationships among species.

What is multiple Sequence Alignment

Aligning three or more sequences for comparison.

What are nucleotide Sequences

Sequences composed of nucleotides in DNA/RNA.

What is fasta Format

Text format for representing nucleotide or protein sequences.

What is molecular Phylogeny

Study of evolutionary relationships using molecular data.

What are thermotolerant Species

Species that can survive high temperature conditions.

What is sequence Alignment

Arranging sequences to identify similarities and differences.

What is an accession Number

Unique identifier for a sequence in databases.

What are hydrophilic Compounds

Substances that dissolve in water, like nucleic acids.

What are lipophilic Compounds

Substances that dissolve in fats, like lipids.

What is a taxonomic Marker

Genetic sequence used for species identification.

What is sequence Analysis

Examining sequences for biological insights.

What are evolutionary Relationships

Connections between species based on ancestry.

What is symbiont Identification

Determining the species of a symbiotic organism.

What is environmental Adaptation

Changes allowing organisms to thrive in specific environments.

What is Ex Situ Temperature Tolerance

Survival ability outside natural habitat at varying temperatures.

What is a thermophilum

Newly identified thermotolerant symbiotic alga.

What is the aequous pahse of DNA extraction

Nucleic acids and other hydrophiliccompounds

What is the interpahse of DNA extraction

Precipitated proteins and cellulardebris

What is the organic pahse of DNA extraction

Lipophilic compounds