microbial population

collocation in English

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microbial
adjective
uk
/maɪˈkrəʊ.bi.əl/us
/maɪˈkroʊ.bi.əl/
relating to microbes (= very small living things, especially ones that ...
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population
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˌpɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌpɑː.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
all the people living in a particular country, area, ...
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It is natural to think thatmicrobialpopulationstructure is associated with the structure of contacts of their hosts.
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Our comparative studies demonstrate the power of this technique that promises to revolutionize studies ofmicrobialpopulationstructures.
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Our comparative study demonstrates the power of this technique that promises to revolutionize studies ofmicrobialpopulationstructures.
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These results again confirm that organic fertilization has a greater and more durable positive effect onmicrobialpopulationgrowth and activity than mineral fertilization.
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Provision is made to recycle settled biological sludge from the underflow of the secondary sedimentation unit into the aeration tank to maintain the desired level ofmicrobialpopulation.
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The incubation time has to be determined in a pilot experiment and depends on the activity and the size of the indigenousmicrobialpopulationin the sample.
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Composting is a biological process that converts heterogeneous organic wastes into stable and humified organic material by mixedmicrobialpopulationunder controlled optimum conditions of moisture, temperature and aeration.
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They have depleted themicrobialpopulationof the soil and thus, perhaps, he said, have done irreparable harm.
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Microbialpopulationbiology can (and often does) involve the testing of more-general ecological and evolutionary hypotheses.
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The product contributes to the establishment of a robustmicrobialpopulation.
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Microbialpopulationbiology can include aspects of molecular evolution or phylogenetics.
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Microbialpopulationbiology also encompasses the evolution and ecology of community interactions (community ecology) between microorganisms, including microbial coevolution and predator-prey interactions.
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A good deal ofmicrobialpopulationbiology may be described also as microbial evolutionary ecology.
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Competition for iron also serves as a strong selective force determining themicrobialpopulationin the rhizosphere.
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Themicrobialpopulationof fresh water is similar to that of soil, indeed many bacteria are washed out from the soil.
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Traditional methods of characterizing themicrobialpopulation, based on culture analysis, missed many of the participants in this process.
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Dissolved oxygen depletion is most likely to become evident during the initial aquaticmicrobialpopulation explosion in response to a large amount of organic material.
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Prior to this, themicrobialpopulationof the rumen was believed to consist only of bacteria and protozoa.
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We have developed techniques for the detection and classification of microbial populations through infrared remote sensing at terrestrial analogue sites.
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