spp.
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Under normal conditions, the floating macroalgae Sargassum spp. provide habitat for hundreds of types of organisms.
From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023
It’s Neocalanus spp., a type of copepod — a zooplankton — not seen during The Blob, as the massive marine heat wave came to be called.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2021
In line with these findings, a moderate high-salt challenge in a pilot study in humans reduced intestinal survival of Lactobacillus spp., increased TH17 cells and increased blood pressure.
From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017
Along with E. rhusiopathiae, Kutz and her team also found musk oxen infected with Brucella spp. bacteria and parapoxvirus9.
From Nature • Mar. 28, 2017
Two species are reported from Michigan Wolffia spp. 1b.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan
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