- plural of microorganism.
microorganisms
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The study "Microorganisms uniquely capture and predict stony coral tissue loss disease and hurricane disturbance impacts on US Virgin Islands reefs," published in Environmental Microbiology explains the impacts coral reef disturbances have on microbes.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2024
For instance, in 2019, a group of 34 microbiologists published a paper titled “Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change.”
From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023
Microorganisms from soil, air and water can also find their way into foods and feed on the nutrients.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2023
Microorganisms are used to create products, such as enzymes that are used in research, antibiotics, and other anti-microbial mechanisms.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Microorganisms affect it in a variety of ways, either converting it into simple fatty acids, or condensing it into longer-chain compounds.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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