biology

Laceyella

Laceyella is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Laceyella rather than just read about it. In short: Laceyella is a Gram-positive, thermophilic, spore-forming and aerobic bacterial genus from the family Thermoactinomycetaceae. The genus Laceyella is namened after the English microbiologist John Lacey.

Key takeaways

Laceyella belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Laceyella to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Laceyella from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Laceyella is a Gram-positive, thermophilic, spore-forming and aerobic bacterial genus from the family Thermoactinomycetaceae. The genus Laceyella is namened after the English microbiologist John Lacey.

Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

References

Further reading Chen, J.-J.; Lin, L.-B.; Zhang, L.-L.; Zhang, J.; Tang, S.-K.; Wei, Y.-L.; Li, W.-J. (11 February 2011). "Laceyella sediminis sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (1): 38–42. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.028282-0. PMID 21317276. Zhang, J.; Tang, S.-K.; Zhang, Y.-Q.; Yu, L.-Y.; Klenk, H.-P.; Li, W.-J. (13 November 2009). "Laceyella tengchongensis sp. nov., a thermophile isolated from soil of a volcano". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (9): 2226–2230. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.011767-0. PMID 19915116.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Laceyella

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Laceyella claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Laceyella before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Laceyella ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Laceyella

In research: Laceyella appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Laceyella in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Laceyella is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Bacilli stubs, Bacteria genera, Taxa described in 2005, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Laceyella outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Laceyella in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Laceyella means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Laceyella out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Laceyella in simple terms?

Why does Laceyella matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Laceyella?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Laceyella.