Canna rust a medium threat to biosecurity and agriculture. The Canna rust damages the crop and can impact all of its potential uses by damaging photosynthetic material and reducing plant productivity and value. In the United States it is a popular ornamental for home gardens. The rust lowers the value of lilies for sale and can kill canna plants that home gardeners are trying to grow themselves. Canna rust Canna rust is a fungal disease of canna caused by "Puccinia thaliae". Symptoms include yellow to tan spots on the plant's leaves and stems. Initial disease symptoms will result in scattered sori (clustered
Anaerobic organism using hydrogenosomes. Some organisms metabolise primarily using glycogen, for example the Nereid (worm)s and some polychaetes, or the juvenile form of the pork parasite "Trichinella spiralis" which causes trichinosis. Anaerobic organism An anaerobic organism or anaerobe is any organism that does not require oxygen for growth. It may react negatively or even die if free oxygen is present. (In contrast, an aerobic organism (aerobe) is an organism that requires an oxygenated environment.) An anaerobic organism may be unicellular (e.g. protozoans, bacteria) or multicellular. For practical purposes, there are three categories of anaerobe: obligate anaerobes, which are harmed by the presence