Colony (biology)

As a colony is called in zoology and microbiology, a group of creatures that live close to each other and their settlement area is spatially separated from other settlements of the same species. To form a colony can result in a very diverse organisms.

Microorganisms

By continuous cell division caused accumulations of micro-organisms, in particular in bacteria, which form a soft cell structure, so that a colony is formed and grows. This organization still undifferentiated, in their function of specialized cells is not yet regarded as the precursor true multicellular organisms.

Mehrzeller

A contiguous association with the cnidarians, such as jellyfish in the state, stone, October and fire corals, produced by asexual reproduction (multiplication ) ( for example, by budding ). Similar colonies also exist in the bryozoans, the salps and sea squirt. In rotifers, for example, is the kind Conochilus hippocrepis colonies.

Individual animals

Group formation from a larger number of similar type individual animals who live temporarily or permanently in a relatively small space; For example, beaver colonies on riverbanks, breeding colonies of birds, for example, the Flamingos and penguins.