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单词 microbe
释义
microbe
noun[C]
biologyspecialized
uk
/ˈmaɪ.krəʊb/us
/ˈmaɪ.kroʊb/
a verysmalllivingthing,especiallyone thatcausesdisease, that can only beseenwith amicroscope
微生物；（尤指致病的）细菌
Synonyms
bug(ILLNESS)informal
germ(ORGANISM)
microorganism
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microbial
(Definition ofmicrobefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

microbe| American Dictionary

microbe
noun[C]
us
/ˈmɑɪ·kroʊb/
biology
a verysmalllivingthing,esp. one thatcausesdisease, and which is toosmalltoseewithout amicroscope(=devicethat makes verysmallobjectslooklarger)
(Definition ofmicrobefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmicrobe

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This would potentially facilitate competition between microbes and reduce the risk of a small number of pathogens dominating and, therefore, proliferating.
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This can take measurements using fluorescence to establish the threemicrobestates: viable, dead or dormant.
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However, amazing adaptations to extreme stresses do not only occur in microbes, but also in many multicellular organisms.
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The next phase of our work focuses on exploring the alterations in physiological mechanisms that might allow for growth of eukaryotic microbes at acid extremes.
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The earlymicrobehunters knew this, and they took the task of cash-out seriously.
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I would perhaps most recommend this book to microbiologists interested in the response of microbes to high pressures and the biochemical basis for this response.
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Instead, like microbes that are essentially too small to see, he would have appeared other than as he essentially was.
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Themicrobeis often isolated only from patients but not from the water source.
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Except in special circumstances where one may be looking for specific microbes, the knowledge gained by viable counts is minimal for biomass estimations.
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It probably began with microbes, followed later by plants and then by animals.
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Laboratory simulation experiments designed to select and characterize oxidant-destroying terrestrial microbes may help to resolve this issue.
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Yet, despite all these hazards with their devastating effects on animals and plants, microbes appear to survive, and perhaps even thrive.
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Lateral gene transfer as we know it today presupposes significant similarities in the genomes of the microbes involved.
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A further advantage applicable to low-temperature environments is that diurnal freeze-thaw cycles might be mitigated, reducing freeze-thaw stress to the microbes.
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In other words, the biological diversity of the microbes is much greater than that of large multicellular organisms.
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