microbe
Not cooking food can lead to higher health risks, due to microbial contamination.
The secret test might have permanently changed the microbial ecology of the region.
She's a microbial ecologist at Northern Arizona University.

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Bacteria, moulds, germs & viruses
abacterial
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
adenovirus
aerobe
amoeba
bacteriology
flora
fly agaric
germicidal
germophobe
gnotobiotic
listeria
microbe
probiotic
reindeer moss
respiratory syncytial virus
retroviral
root rot
rotavirus

Examples of microbial

microbial
I also understand that some of you have expressed concerns in relation to the use of antibiotics in animal production and the related risk of development of resistance to anti-microbials.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Calcite precipitation rate decreased with depth, and deeper microbial structures are more commonly compacted.
Besides underestimation of the real total number of microorganisms, these indirect methods provide no information on physiological state of single microbial cells in situ.
Seasonal effects on microbial biomass were few and inconsistent across locations.
Microbial communities in permafrost samples were investigated by in-situ techniques of lipid microbial biomarkers analyses.
We suggest that, with further statistical analyses, these nanoetching features could serve as a potential biosignature for microbial activity.
Spacecrafts and the ultra clean rooms they are assembled in, are routinely monitored for microbial contamination.
The third important factor in the pathogenesis of this disease is the presence of pathogens or imbalance in the intestinal microbial flora.
Microbial communities in aquatic environments colonize surfaces by forming adherent biofilms.
Due to sterile conditions, dead gyrodactylids were not subjected to microbial degradation and remained intact for several weeks.
As aqueous levels are reduced by microbial action, the cells 'squeeze' additional substrate from the organic sponge, until the target molecule has been completely degraded.
The microbial payloads can be captured in asteroids where they may multiply and disperse.
We have developed techniques for the detection and classification of microbial populations through infrared remote sensing at terrestrial analogue sites.
The introduction of competing non-pathogenic (probiotic) organisms into the gastrointestinal tract helps restore microbial balance which is initially disrupted by antibiotics.
The local hardening and stabilization of these grainsupported facies by the microbial crusts, allowed the growth of coral-microbial reef and coral-bearing thrombolites of variable size.
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