microbial

[mahy-kroh-bee-uhl]

adjective

1. of or relating to microbes.

Example Sentences

Scientists will scan and date the sediment layers, work out what microbial life they contain, measure levels of pollution and calculate how much carbon is buried in the mud.

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I'm on the hunt for a microbial saviour – a type of virus that can treat infections rather than cause them.

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All the nooks and crannies of the human body become home to a world of microbial life, known as the microbiome.

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All of these, however unpolluted, contain their own microbial worlds.

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But my avoidance of the topic is the product of a selective process of its own, dating back to when I taught microbial evolution in early 2020, the semester when society froze.

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