10-year survival rate for Lupus: 90 percent live at least 10 years after diagnosis (Source: excerpt from Connective Tissue Diseases: NWHIC).
(Photo: Wiki Commons /Flickr). Phytophthora is a type of water mold, also known as an oomycete. Just like pythium, phytophthora is an exceptionally aggressive fungus that causes both economic and environmental damage. When a plant is infected, it is unable to absorb nutrients or water because of dead root tissue.Photo: Wiki Commons /Flickr). Phytophthora is a type of water mold, also known as an oomycete. Just like pythium, phytophthora is an exceptionally aggressive fungus that causes both economic and environmental damage. When a plant is infected, it is unable to absorb nutrients or water because of dead root tissue.
Phytoplankton /ËfaÉªtoÊËplaeÅktÉn/ ËfaÉªtoÊËplÃ¦ÅktÉn are the autotrophic components of the plankton community and a key factor of, oceans seas and freshwater basin. Ecosystems the name comes from The greek words (ÏÏÏÏÎ½), phyton  meaning , plant and (ÏÎ»Î±Î³ÎºÏÏÏ), planktos meaning wanderer or. drifterowever, unlike terrestrial communities, where most autotrophs are plants, phytoplankton are a diverse group, incorporating protistan eukaryotes and both eubacterial and archaebacterial prokaryotes. There are about 5,000 known species of marine phytoplankton.