microbiology
E coli is one of the commonest microbiological organisms on the planet.
Clinical and microbiological data were collected by infection prevention and control nurses.
She was particularly concerned with microbiological safety.

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Examples of microbiological

microbiological
A microbiological ecosystem occurs whereby crystallized salt, lying in near-saturated salt water, is laden with microbial activity.
We conducted epidemiological and microbiological investigations to determine the cause, vehicle and environmental source as well as the extent of the outbreak.
Microbiological samples were taken from the anterior nares at the subjects' general practice or in their home.
No pathogens were identified in four of the outbreaks (nos. 2, 3, 5, 21) despite microbiological investigation.
This may be a true effect because cases with milder disease may be less likely to have complete microbiological investigations.
Among these volatiles are some important markers for the microbiological state of wine, for wine sensory characteristics, or for wine origin (both geographic and varietal).
Lasting microbiological and biochemical effects of the addition of municipal solid waste to an arid soil.
The sample, once collected at the surface, could subsequently be analysed by a full suite of analytical techniques including spectroscopic and microbiological analyses.
Due to the short shelf life of salad vegetables, it proved impossible to acquire any suspect foods for microbiological analysis.
Microbiological samples and information on foodhandling practices and household details were obtained in the same way as for cases.
The facility to carry out longitudinal antibody monitoring would allow more precise assessment of the risk of infection associated with waters of differing microbiological qualities.
However, concerns about its microbiological safety still exist, with notable milkborne outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease occurring both at home and abroad in recent years.
Therefore, these results are consistent with the hypothesis that microbiological differences among inoculum soils affected post-vernalization rye growth.
Microbiological studies strengthen the results of the epidemiological studies.
In the present work we therefore combined the microbiological analysis of bacterial attachment with physical and chemical characterizations of the fishextract-coated surfaces.
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