Sentences with phrase «by microorganisms in»

In a new study, Carvalho et al. found that the respiration of freshly photosynthesized carbon dioxide by microorganisms in the water column is approximately constant when compared to the overall daily carbon production.

Dubbed «Terramac,» this moss carpet is created using a tight mesh of 3D - knitted, plant - based polylactic acid fibers underneath which supports the roots and can be «decomposed (biodegraded) by microorganisms in compost or in soil after 10 years.

According to his book, large herds of heavy, hoofed animals help force dead plant materials back into the ground, where they are broken down by microorganisms in the soil.

Although the researchers did not examine in this study what prevents methane released from the seafloor from reaching the atmosphere, they suspect it is biodegraded by microorganisms in the ocean before it hits the surface waters.

Larvae hatching from these eggs might benefit from the presence of the larvae that were there previously: They could process the food more easily when it has been «pre-digested» by microorganisms in the frass of their conspecifics.

Not exact matches

Our gut microbiotas are made up of trillions of microorganisms that play an essential role in our overall well - being by supporting digestion, synthesizing nutrients and vitamins and protecting against diseases.

Founder Ginger Krieg Dosier speeds up a natural process by injecting sand with microorganisms, forming bricks sturdy enough for use in building construction.

The PDF, Microbes Make the Cheese, A Report from the American Academy for Microbiology explains: Cheese is created by orderly successions of microbial communities that produce compounds responsible for cheese flavor... Each piece of cheese contains as many as 10,000,000,000 or 10 billion microbes... The added starter cultures dominate the cheese microbiota, establishing conditions that select for the next microorganisms that will be capable of thriving in the changing cheese matrix.

Organic matter does this either by «gluing» soil particles together or creating favorable living conditions for soil microorganisms, which in turn can «glue» soil particles together through production of various organic compounds such as glomalin or by the action of fungal hyphae (Sylvia et al., 2005).

Kefir is a fermented food that is a viscous, acidic, mildly alcoholic milk beverage produced by fermentation of milk with a particular grain in Middle and Eastern Europe it is easily digested and provides beneficial microorganisms that contribute to a healthy immune system.

By contrast, the E. coli contamination level never exceeded 25 % of the peaches packed in corrugated containers that had been contaminated with the same levels of microorganisms.

Fermented foods are having a big moment, prompted in part by a flood of new research on the human microbiome — the ecological community of microorganisms living in the human body — and the benefits

During the first phase, days 1 - 3, you have brought life to your starter by capturing and multiplying the microorganisms present on the surface on the grain and in the environment.

There are several active compounds that are naturally produced by microorganisms or contained in food.

Instead, scientists used genetic modification techniques to develop Golden Rice by using genes from maize and a common soil microorganism that together produce beta - carotene in the rice grain.

At the micro-level, the food and agribusiness sector is seeing an increase in the virulence of microorganisms and parasites, known pathogens spreading to novel geographies, and the continued rise of antimicrobial resistance.67 Global use of antimicrobials in livestock is expected to rise by 67 % by 2030 to 105,596 tons.68 China's livestock industry alone could soon be consuming almost one third of the world's available antibiotics.

UHT treatment is a continuous process that takes place in a closed system that prevents the product from being contaminated by airborne microorganisms.

Such standards help eliminate product contamination by any number of microorganisms known to cause dangerous infection and disease in humans.

The aim of the study was to investigate the role of microorganisms in nipple and breast pain in breastfeeding women because there is controversy about whether burning nipple pain associated with radiating breast pain is caused by a fungal infection (Candida albicans, known as «thrush») or a bacterial infection (Staphylococcus aureus, known as «golden staph»).

(3) to ensure that clinicians and other health - care personnel, community health workers and families, parents and other caregivers, particularly of infants at high risk, are provided with enough information and training by health - care providers, in a timely manner on the preparation, use and handling of powdered infant formula in order to minimize health hazards; are informed that powdered infant formula may contain pathogenic microorganisms and must be prepared and used appropriately; and, where applicable, that this information is conveyed through an explicit warning on packaging;

(2) to take the lead in supporting independently reviewed research, including by collecting evidence from different parts of the world, in order to get a better understanding of the ecology, taxonomy, virulence and other characteristics of E. sakazakii, in line with the recommendations of the FAO / WHO Expert Meeting on E. Sakazakii and other Microorganisms in Powdered Infant Formula, and to explore means of reducing its level in reconstituted powdered infant formula;

Candida is an organism that normally hangs out in the mouth or vagina and is typically kept in check by other microorganisms.

Huge successes in the isolation and cultivation of marine microbial strains have been made by the EC - funded MaCuMBA (Marine Microorganisms: Cultivation Methods for Improving their Biotechnological Applications) project, which aims to uncover the untold diversity of marine microbes using cultivation - dependent strategies.

In the present study, researchers of Kanazawa University, Japan, attacked this problem; they succeeded in reducing the toxicity to microorganisms by developing a novel solvent, a carboxylate - type liquid zwitterion * 1, for dissolving biomass cellulosIn the present study, researchers of Kanazawa University, Japan, attacked this problem; they succeeded in reducing the toxicity to microorganisms by developing a novel solvent, a carboxylate - type liquid zwitterion * 1, for dissolving biomass cellulosin reducing the toxicity to microorganisms by developing a novel solvent, a carboxylate - type liquid zwitterion * 1, for dissolving biomass cellulose.

Previous studies established that especially in cooler mountain regions, carbon bound in soil organic matter reacts very sensitively to warmer weather caused by climate warming, and is increasingly released by microorganisms.

Trees of such forests yield a continuous supply of stray litter such as leaves, needles, roots or brushwood, and maintain a constant cool «forest climate,» even during hot summers, which in turn slows down humus degradation by soil microorganisms.

In addition, the researchers checked the respiration of soil microorganisms by excluding plant roots with a metal ring in small soil areas and then measuring how much CO2 was released from the soil with a gas analyseIn addition, the researchers checked the respiration of soil microorganisms by excluding plant roots with a metal ring in small soil areas and then measuring how much CO2 was released from the soil with a gas analysein small soil areas and then measuring how much CO2 was released from the soil with a gas analyser.

The new study, published online this month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, is the first to examine how biochar affects the chemical signaling that's routinely used by soil microorganisms that interact with plants.

Animals, plants and microorganisms are limited in their interactions by distance and barriers such as oceans and mountain ranges.

By tracking changes to the microbiome through fecal samples, Alm hoped to learn more about how daily activities such as diet, sleep and exercise could be linked to changes in these communities of microorganisms.

A photosynthetic microorganism was turned into fuel without having to die, be buried in sediment and cooked by eons of geologic processes into petroleum.

This «purification» function is carried out by the microorganisms present in their water column and sediments and, with it, they improve the general quality of the water and reduce the nitrogen load by promoting denitrification.»

Nearly all of the thousands of different chemical substances produced by people, animals, plants, fungi, algae or microorganisms on the ground or in the oceans react quickly with OH and break down in this process.

Production of organohalogens by microorganisms has to be taken into account for the study of halogen cycling in atmospheric chemistry as well.

«For example, ocean currents can disperse microorganisms, but there is also evidence that microorganisms travel by air: microbes believed to have originated from the Gobi desert were collected in air samples from the northwestern United States.»

Our planet was once dominated by methane - producing microorganisms, resulting in an unusual combination of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which would not have arisen naturally.

University of British Columbia researchers may have discovered a key to understanding the constantly changing distribution of microbial species in the world's oceans — classify microorganisms by their biochemical function, rather than by their taxonomy.

Or it might be made by a symbiotic microorganism living in or on the snow flea, perhaps by polyketide synthesis, Schulz says.

A University of British Columbia mathematician may have discovered a key to understanding the constantly changing distribution of microbial species in the world's oceans — classify microorganisms by their biochemical function, rather than by their taxonomy.

So - called sick building syndrome is thought to be caused by poor ventilation and a build - up of microorganisms, usually in the heating and air - conditioning ducts.

Researchers have known for decades that some microorganisms, such as single - celled green algae, have proteins that respond to light by opening a channel in the microbe's membranes, allowing the passage of electrically charged ions (such as calcium and sodium).

In the «BioElectroPlast» project funded by the Federal Ministry of Research they use microorganisms that produce polyhydroxybutyric acid from flue gas, air, and renewable power.

One way you can tell is by looking at different oxygen isotopes in the fossilized skeletons of ocean microorganisms.

Malaspinomics preliminary results reveal a wealth of unknown species of microorganisms in the deep ocean, characterized by an intense biological activity.

The team headed by Thierry Soldati, Professor at the Biochemistry department in UNIGE's Science faculty, has been working on a model system that acts like the macrophages in our immune system: the social amoeba Dictyostelium, a unicellular microorganism.

This could mean that the mechanisms by which they assimilate carbon into their biomass is distinct and / or that different microorganisms carry out anaerobic oxidation of methane in freshwater habitats.»

Microorganisms like bacteria and fungi can evade treatment by acquiring mutations in the genes targeted by antibiotics or antifungal drugs.

Probiotics have been defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization - World Health Organization as «live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit to the host.»

This research not only provides the first clear evidence that microorganisms were directly involved in the deposition of Earth's oldest iron formations; it also indicates that large populations of oxygen - producing cyanobacteria were at work in the shallow areas of the ancient oceans, while deeper water still reached by the light (the photic zone) tended to be populated by anoxyenic or micro-aerophilic iron - oxidizing bacteria which formed the iron deposits.

A strong suspicion was that the pale light of will - o» - the - wisp is caused by the ignition of methane, which is produced in large amounts by anaerobic microorganisms.