Sentences with phrase «bacteria feast on»

If these bacteria feast on domestic sewage in an «anode» chamber, they generate electrons that can pass into a circuit while releasing protons.

As temperatures warm, the Arctic permafrost thaws and pools into lakes, where bacteria feast on its carbon - rich material — much of it animal remains, food, and feces from before the Ice Age — and churn out methane, a heat trapper 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

In these anoxic environments, anaerobic bacteria feast on the decaying phytoplankton, and in the process cause the denitrification of nitrate into nitrogen gas, which can not be used as a nutrient by most phytoplankton.

When food does not break down in the small intestine, it goes into the large intestine where natural bacteria feasts on it.

Not exact matches

In particular, beneficial microbes including Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria like to «feast» on cocoa, according to the researchers.

Consider that maybe hemp milk will work, you just need to add a little bit of sugar (cane sugar, maple syrup, honey, etc) for the bacteria to feast on, like in this coconut milk recipe.

Beneficial gut microbes including Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria «feasted» on chocolate, creating anti-inflammatory compounds that may reduce inflammation of cardiovascular tissue.

Easily the freakiest thing about the SCOBY (which stands for Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeasts) is that, so long as it's got a continuous supply of sugar and tea to feast on, it just keeps growing.

And now research published online in Science on August 24 shows that an array of new and unclassified oil - eating bacteria are feasting on the newly rich resource of hydrocarbons.

He said that water samples from the Gulf of Mexico are showing signs that marine bacteria are already pitching in to help with clean - up efforts, and that populations of these bacteria in this area are likely to boom as they feast on the oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

About two - thirds of us have Ureaplasma bacteria living in our urinary tract, where they feast on urea, breaking it down to produce energy and releasing ammonia as a byproduct.

Some bacteria might feast on the prey killed by their swarm mates and avoid wasting their own energy making antibiotics or enzymes.

Grassle's work ultimately revealed that a diverse community of organisms thrives along deep - sea hydrothermal vents, feasting on organic matter produced by sulfur - oxidizing bacteria instead of photosynthesis.

When your feet sweat within the enclosed space of a shoe, it creates a ripe environment for bacteria like Brevibacteria and Staphylococcus epidermidis to grow and feast on the dead skin between your toes and on the soles of your feet.

The bacteria in your mouth love to feast on all the fructose that juicing provides.

In the first study to examine the effects of dark chocolate on various types of stomach bacteria, researchers at Louisiana State University recently discovered that the healthy, «good» microbes in the gut — such as bifidobacterium and lactic acid — feast on dark chocolate, producing anti-inflammatory compounds as a result.

Kombucha is made when live organisms also known as the SCOBY (symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast) or «The Mother», feast on sugar and produce a fermented fuzzy tea.

Fermentable: A process where the bacteria in the colon feasts on the malabsorbed sugars and produce gas which contributes to bloating and other symptoms.

In particular, beneficial microbes including Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria like to «feast» on cocoa, according to the researchers.

Beneficial gut microbes including Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria «feasted» on chocolate, creating anti-inflammatory compounds that may reduce inflammation of cardiovascular tissue.

These bacteria, yeasts and fungi can produce beneficial waste products as they feast on your digesting food, such as B and K vitamins that your body needs.

The bacteria in your colon feast on undigested fructose and produce gas.

Watch out for grains like wheat as well; there's some evidence that since gluten is poorly digested, it gets relegated to the bacteria for breakdown and apparently unhealthy strains of bacteria love to feast on it the most.

The cyanobacteria that contaminated Toledo's drinking water over the weekend will soon die and sink to the bottom, where other bacteria will feast on their remains and consume the lake's dissolved oxygen.

Guess what he found?Detecting Oil Spills Early He brought with him strains of bacteria that like to feast on certain chemicals found in oil spills, and after some tests, he did detect the early phase of an oil spill.