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• plural of microorganism.

microorganisms

Cultural  

1. Organisms so small that they can be seen only through a microscope. (See bacteria, protozoa, and viruses.)

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Once methane enters the soil, microorganisms use it as an energy source, breaking it down in the process.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, but microorganisms living in the soil can break it down before it builds up in the air.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

The breakthrough, described in the Nature portfolio journal Light: Science and Applications, could lead to advances in cancer research, drug development, infectious disease studies, and investigations of how plants interact with microorganisms.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

They wanted to determine not only whether the materials could be completely broken down, but also which microorganisms were responsible and what biological mechanisms allowed them to do it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Bacteria and a host of other microorganisms could find their way into cultures from people’s unwashed hands, their breath, and dust particles floating through the air, and destroy them.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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