Pneumonia is a common lung infection where the lungsâ air sacks become inflamed. These sacs may also fill with fluid, pus, and cellular debris. It can be caused by viruses, fungi, or bacteria. This article is about pneumonia caused by bacteria. Bacterial pneumonia may involve just one small section of your lung, or it may encompass your entire lung.
The terrestrial isopods are omnivores and scavengers, feeding mainly on vegetable or animal matter. Their food is usually already dead and decaying in the leaf litter, in crevices, or under rocks, logs, and bark.They feed wherever plant and animal refuse and detritus accumulate and moisture is present.pecies Spotlight: Terrestrial Isopods. Underneath moist logs and decaying leaves live a multitude of creatures, several of which may be terrestrial isopods, commonly known as sowbugs, woodlice, pillbugs, and slaters.
Crustaceans -- including pill bugs -- absorb oxygen through their gills. Gills only function when they are wet, so pill bugs must inhabit places in which the air holds a lot of water.When the ambient humidity is high -- such as after rainy weather -- the pill bugs are able to move about in the open.ill bugs have a hard exoskeleton that protects them from predators and desiccation. Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images. Pill bugs -- also known as roly-polies or wood lice -- are terrestrial crustaceans known to scientists as isopods.