bio-, bi-, -bia, -bial, -bian, -bion, -biont, -bius, -biosis, -bium, -biotic, -biotical +

The use of information technology to make new biological discoveries and to improve collaboration among scientists.

The i-biology approach represents the consolidation of the many diverse data in life science research into refined information. In contrast to bioinformatics, which represents solely computational biology, i-biology stands for an integrated approach, bringing applied scientists and bioinformaticians together.

Detection of a function within the body of a human or animal and transmission, usually by radio, to a location outside the body where data are recorded.

An electronic device that is inserted under the skin of an animal to provide the animal with a unique identification number.

Injectable ID chips, which are less painful, faster to implement, and more cost-effective than ear-tags, brands, or tattoos, have been used to identify livestock animals; such as, pigs, sheep, cows, and horses for several years.

The "chip", which uses passive RFID technology, is really a tissue-compatible glass tube that contains a silicon computer chip laser-etched with a unique alphanumeric identification code, an antenna, and a capacitor.

Once inserted under an animal's skin (the chip comes pre-packaged in a sterilized, disposable syringe), it remains inactive until read by a compatible scanner.

The scanner works by sending a low frequency radio signal to "wake up" the chip and provide the chip with the power it needs to send its unique identification code back to the scanner. The alphanumeric code read by the scanner is then compared to other codes in the database in order to positively identify the animal.

By 1991, zoos around the world began microchipping their animals and the Congress of International Trade Endangered Species, which has more than 100 member countries, endorsed using implantable ID chips for endangered species.

By the year 2000, several U.S. cities included microchipping as part of their mandatory pet licenses.

Applied Digital Solutions manufactures an injectable ID chip for humans called VeriChip.

Insect Biotechnology.

A boundary line on a map connecting world environments that have similar floral and faunal constituents.

Producing equal amounts of vital energy.

1. Among ants and certain other social insects, an association in which a small species feeds on the refuse of a neighbouring nest inhabited by a larger species, or robs returning workers of the host species of the food they are carrying.
2. An interspecific association found in some social organisms in which one species steals food from the stores of another species but does not live or nest in close proximity to it. Also known as lestobiosis and cleptobiosis.

An extract from peach kernels, the composition of which has not been fully described but which gained notoriety in the 1960’s and 1970’s as a dubious but exploited remedy for cancer; currently not regarded as effective.

The same as cleptobiosis and kleptobiosis; typified by furtive thievery.

1. The biology (study of life forms) of lakes and ponds.
2. The study of organisms living in lakes, ponds, and other standing freshwater bodies.

An association of organisms in a lake.

A freshwater organism.

The total life of fresh waters; that part of the Earth’s surface occupied by freshwater organisms.

1. Tending to prolong life; relating to the prolongation of life.
2. The science of prolonging life.

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