bacterial growth
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbacterialandgrowth
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bacterial
adjective
uk/bækˈtɪə.ri.əl/us/bækˈtɪr.i.əl/
caused by, made from, or relating ...
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growth
noun
uk/ɡrəʊθ/us/ɡroʊθ/
The growth of a person, animal, or plant is its process of increasing ...
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Nitrogen and phosphorus are basic elements forbacterialgrowth.
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When autoinducer concentration reaches its critical (threshold) value, it triggers cell metabolism, influencesbacterialgrowthrate, and changes the social behavior of the cell population.
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The gut milieu is rich inbacterialgrowthand their role in amoebic disease has not been understood.
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Furthermore, we examined thebacterialgrowthin marine water in the absence of natural biological competitors, such as protozoae, using sterilized marine water.
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Plates were checked daily forbacterialgrowth, and colonies tentatively identified as bartonella (based on colony morphology) were streaked onto clean plates.
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In addition, three antibiotics (streptomycin sulphate, chloramphenicol and chlortetracycline) were added to inhibitbacterialgrowth.
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Afterbacterialgrowthand lawn formation, the culture was layered with 10 ml of an isotonic solution of sodium chloride.
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The next crucial step is relating the model's parameters to realbacterialgrowth.
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However, in reality, a physician often must make a decision based on early evidence ofbacterialgrowthin the specimen.
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No chemicals were added to preventbacterialgrowth.
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For instance, by varying the nutrient concentration one can to some extent controlbacterialgrowthor multiplication rate.
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In most cases, quorum sensing functions to induce gene expression at high culture densities where nutrient limitation is a major constraint forbacterialgrowth.
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We used changes in the medium's optical density to determine the kinetics ofbacterialgrowth.
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Existing legislations require that pipe materials must not release harmful substances into the water phase nor promote significantbacterialgrowth.
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During the next few hours the number of clusters remained the same, despitebacterialgrowthand an observable increase in individual colony size.
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