microorganisms
Organisms so small that they can be seen only through a microscope. (See bacteria, protozoa, and viruses.)
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As an adult, Jonah is drawn to study extremophiles, microorganisms that flourish in intense climates.
Must-Read Fiction: ‘The Watch,’ ‘Alys, Always,’ ‘The Year of the Gadfly’ | Cameron Martin, Lucy Scholes, Amber Dermont | June 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“I was fascinated by the role of microorganisms in allowing life on Earth to exist,” she says.
Ameba are microorganisms of the simplest structure—a protoplasm which is constantly changing in shape.
Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line | Clarence YoungOrganized ferments are living microorganisms, capable, as a result of their growth, of causing the changes.
The Book of Cheese | Charles Thom and Walter Warner FiskThe destructive effect of microorganisms both in the interior of the cheese and upon its surface is rapid.
The Book of Cheese | Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
When the infected egg is eaten raw the microorganisms, if present, are communicated to man and may cause disease.
The Dollar Hen | Milo M. HastingsFamiliar microorganisms and a standard vegetation added to the practicality of human settlements on otherwise alien worlds.
This World Is Taboo | Murray Leinster
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