Most life histories, except perhaps for the simplest and smallest organisms, consist of different epochs.
Movement in these organisms consists of periods of movement in a straight line interrupted at intervals by a turn, or "tumble".
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the hereditary material of most living organisms, consists of the five-carbon sugar deoxyribose with a phosphate linkage, to which is attached cytosine or any of three other bases, which together form two complementary pairs.
All known organisms consist of one or more cells, the most basic units of life.
The natural diet of most cultured aquatic organisms consists of a wide diversity of phytoplankton (diatoms, flagellates, etc).
The lives of organisms consist of dramatically different life stages, such as the difference between the caterpillar and butterfly stages of a single organism.
The development of organisms consists of a complex and interconnected series of programmed changes that can often be limited in flexibility.
The problem of evolvability is most evident when it comes to complex organisms, consisting of many parts, as sophisticatedly integrated as for example in a vertebrate eye.
Antibiotic therapy for resistant organisms consists of the carbapenems, including ertapenem for ESBL's, cefepime, piperacillin/tazobactam and, on occasion, the Gram-negative quinolones, ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin.
Studies on glycans are indispensable to define complex life systems and cell communities because all living organisms consist of diverse cells, which are covered with an abundance of heterogeneous carbohydrates.
