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microorganism

[mahy-kroh-awr-guh-niz-uhm] / ˌmaɪ kroʊˈɔr gəˌnɪz əm /


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“The presence of terrestrial microorganism within a sample of Ryugu underlines that microorganisms are the world's greatest colonizers and adept at circumventing contamination controls,” the authors conclude.

From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2024

Mr. Gutman is the founder of Primer’s Yeast, a company that sells ancient strains of the microorganism.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

"Essentially, one of the tools we developed leverages the structure of this graph in order to determine which pieces of DNA appear repeatedly either across microbes or within the same microorganism."

From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024

The microorganism also been connected to non-fatal, but sight-threatening, eye infections, sometimes through contaminated contact lens solution.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

None of the many investigators have been able to discover the microorganism that produces the disease.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.

For microorganisms to make a meaningful difference in reducing plastic pollution, more plastic products would need to be made from biodegradable materials that contain chemical bonds microbes can break apart.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Instead, the researchers emphasize the importance of designing materials that microorganisms can actually digest.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

To find the biological machinery behind this unusual behavior, Lerner extracted DNA from the entire community of microorganisms living in the soil samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The discovery also raises a broader question about how rapidly microorganisms can adapt to synthetic materials introduced into their environment.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

European microorganisms were slow to penetrate the Yucatan Peninsula, where most of the Maya polities were too small to readily play off against each other.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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