Sentences with phrase «easy for microbes»

That suggests it may be quite easy for microbes to switch between high and normal temperatures, said Dr. Ronald Swanson, a member of the Aquifex team who works at Diversa Corp. of San Diego.

It is easiest for a microbe to jump between closely related habitats, from an animal species with one sort of body chemistry to a closely related animal species with very similar body chemistry.

Not exact matches

Some were for elevated lead levels, the problem in Flint, but the data set also included violations for coliform bacteria — a group of microbes that is easy to detect and serves as an indicator of bacterial contamination in general — nitrates, arsenic, and other contaminants.

He and colleagues have determined what gives cholera bacteria their curved shape and whether it matters (a polymer protein, and it does matter; the curve makes it easier for cholera to cause disease), how different wavelengths of light affect movement of photosynthetic bacteria (red and green wavelengths encourage movement; blue light stops the microbes in their tracks), how bacteria coordinate cell division machinery and how photosynthetic bacteria's growth changes in light and dark.

Its logo is two lab rats, and its introductory blurb reads, «The world is a crowded petri dish, and yet for those of an intellectual bent who happen to be single, it's not easy, especially past university age, to find that certain microbe for a great symbiotic relationship.»

Many microbes have been engineered to pump out vitamins, enzymes and other food additives, for example, a process that's typically much easier and more environmentally friendly than acquiring such ingredients from natural sources.

Their main role is to produce antibodies, which are proteins that attach to microbes, making it easier for other immune cells to detect and kill them.

While it is relatively easy to meet the body's requirements for niacin via diet alone, many people remain at least mildly deficient due to an imbalanced gut environment which impairs absorption from food and limits synthesis of B3 via beneficial gut microbes (1).

In Brain Maker, Dr. Perlmutter explains the potent interplay between intestinal microbes and the brain, describing how the microbiome develops from birth and evolves based on lifestyle choices, how it can become «sick,» and how nurturing gut health through a few easy strategies can alter your brain's destiny for the better.

The reason you should site your bin on soil is that it makes it very easy for beneficial microbes and insects to gain access to the rotting material.