Sentences with phrase «microbial activity lowers»
Musilova, M., Tranter, M., Bamber, J.L., Takeuchi, N., Anesio, A.M. (2016) Experimental evidence that microbial activity lowers the albedo of glaciers.
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By lowering water activity in food, salt limits microbial growth, acting as a preservative in salt cured fish and meat products and playing an important role in cheese production.
«We added lower concentrations [of silver] to a more complex system, but rather than find no measurable effect, we found that the silver nanoparticles significantly altered the plant growth, microbial biomass and microbial activity.»
At the other extreme, microbial activity has been detected in permafrost soils in Antarctica at temperatures as low as — 4 °F.
Using existing low - cost and low - weight technology in new ways, the team created a modular «life detection platform» able to culture microorganisms from soil samples, assess microbial activity, and sequence DNA and RNA.
Ernakovich JG, Wallenstein MD (2015) Permafrost microbial community traits and functional diversity indicate low activity at in situ thaw temperatures.