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microbial

[mahy-kroh-bee-uhl]

adjective

  1. of or relating to microbes.



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It performed effectively in purified enzyme tests, bacterial extracts, live cell cultures, and even complex microbial communities.

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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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