Sentences with phrase «protective outer covering»

But while «DE» may look and feel like talcum powder to us, to insects it is a lethal dust with microscopic razor - sharp edges which cuts the flea's protective outer covering, leading to desiccation and death.

Some microbes produce polysaccharides to form a protective outer covering.

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In addition, researchers found that the strongest evidence of a diverse and complex microbiome in the eye is in the conjunctiva and cornea (the conjunctiva is the mucous membrane that covers the front of the eye, and the cornea is the clear protective outer layer of the eye).

Lectin proteins are found in the outer protective covering of the seed, called bran.

The tablet is encased in an outer protective covering will go on sale in the US for about $ 200 — $ 300 with shipments expected to pick up substantially in the second half of 2012.

Coat character should be short and dense with a protective undercoat covered by a coarser outer coat.

Because there is no outer protective covering for the developing larvae, its internal organs are essentially exposed to the outside air where dehydration can hasten the rate of its demise.

Diatomaceous Earth works in two ways - Insects have a waxy outer shell covering their bodies, DE scratches their protective coating, causing them to quickly dehydrate and die.