Sentences with phrase «water borne bacteria»

Clean water seems an obvious requirement but it requires robust processes to ensure that the supply is clean and clear from legionella and other water borne bacteria.

Desertification could also lead to an increase harmful water borne bacteria in the ocean.

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A road map will be launched today that describes how the partners plan to cut deaths from the water - borne bacteria — now running at 95,000 a year — by 90 per cent by 2030.

The travellers are not celebrities, but some of Earth's toughest organisms, including the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans and water bears — tiny invertebrates that can survive extreme temperatures and low Earth orbit.

Over the course of two weeks the international team discovered several species previously unknown to science — including a new species of scorpion and likely new species of fly, water bear, and bacterium — living just miles from a major metropolis.

At least twenty - five plants and animals observed during the survey are new records for Penang or peninsular Malaysia, including the Sunda colugo or flying lemur, the red giant flying squirrel, the long - tailed giant rat, the Indomalayan niviventer, the lesser mouse deer, and species of ground squirrels, birds, bacteria, bats, ants, orchids, flies, frogs, mosquitoes, and microscopic water bears.

It's a canister smaller than a hockey puck loaded with little organisms — bacteria, plant seeds, even some tiny invertebrate animals called water bears.

The travellers are not celebrities, but some of Earth's toughest organisms, including the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans and water bears — tiny invertebrates that can survive extreme temperatures and the vacuum of space in low - Earth orbit.

Given the ability of even small invertebrates known as water bears to repair DNA after radiation exposure, more surprises could yet await researchers who study the bacteria.

NutraSilver ® has undergone extensive in - vitro testing by third - party independent laboratories, validating its effectiveness in killing a variety of water - born bacteria.

Because leptospira bacteria are usually water - borne, there is often an increase in the number of leptospirosis cases during and shortly after periods of higher rainfall.

Moore points out that the addition of chlorine to drinking water and swimming pools has been one of the most important contributions to public health and safety in the history of the world, saving hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people from horrible deaths caused by water - borne bacteria, parasites, and viruses.

Also common are water - borne pathogens, such as bacteria, and microscopic plants and animals.