Collocations withorganism
These are words often used in combination withorganism.
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aquatic organism
Culverts that offer adequate aquatic organism passage reduce impediments to movement of fish, wildlife and other aquatic life that require instream passage.
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beneficial organisms
In the ranking approach, the indicator establishes unitless ranks that categorize data points on the pesticide's toxicity to humans and a variety of beneficial organisms.
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benthic organisms
The food is then squirrelled away for poorer times deep in the sediment, out of reach to other benthic organisms.
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biological organism
As will be shown, the process of constructing the model was guided by conceptualizing the biological organism as a computational, information-processing device.
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causative organism
Paradoxically, outbreaks are more likely to be investigated using case-control or cohort studies when the causative organism has been identified as campylobacter.
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complex organism
The other concern is that since the human body is a complex organism, what functions should be monitored?
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developing organism
One reason for this emphasis on species-typical development is that this research is concerned with elucidating core principles about the developing organism.
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diverse organisms
They are derived from structurally simple but highly diverse organisms that are referred to collectively as ' ' algae.
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entire organism
Given that cost/benefit calculations have to be made in the context of the entire organism, such calculations are rather difficult to carry out.
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eukaryotic organism
These provide the eukaryotic organism with a simple defense against these bacteria by recognizing this sugar configuration and destroying the associated cell.
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genetically modified organism
Currently there is no adequate method to predetermine the potential impacts of a released genetically modified organism on the ecosystem.
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harmful organism
Crop losses due to these harmful organisms can be substantial and may be prevented, or reduced, by crop protection measures.
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host organism
In many cases parasites are incapable of surviving and multiplying in the absence of a host organism.
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indicator organism
It is therefore reasonable to surmise that if indicator organism levels are low, then pathogen levels will be very much lower or absent.
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individual organism
We do not understand the notion of a "psychological" theory that is "nonindividualistic"; the individual organism is psychology's focal level of analysis.
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infectious organism
That is not surprising, as there is no evidence that the infectious organism persists in the soil.
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invading organism
The process by which the glomeruli become injured during streptococcal infection is uncertain, but is believed to be related to the body's immune response to the invading organism.
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living organism
It was proved that they possess some signs of internal and external activity characterizing a living organism.
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marine organism
Neither fish nor wild fowl nor any other marine organism was affected.
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microscopic organisms
Diseases caused by microscopic organisms were hardly perceived as pest-related and control options were limited to the use of land races adapted to local growth conditions.
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model organism
An important message emerging from this volume is that rice provides not only a staple food crop but a model organism for other cereal species such as wheat and maize.
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pathogenic organism
Usually it is applied to a person who carries a pathogenic organism but does not manifest the pathology that that organism can cause.
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photosynthetic organism
The study of the effects of space environment on photosynthetic organism may contribute to the construction of a self-sustainable space station in the future.
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planktonic organism
Notably, one would predict that planktonic organisms or larvae would more likely be affected than benthic organisms because the former are less shielded from radiation (unless they occupied deep water).
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primitive organisms
They are not primitive organisms : in suitable environments (inside of host cells) viruses replicate efficiently, and they can evolve and adapt to new environments (hosts).
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related organism
Pertinent characters, and environmental states, could be measured in populations of closely related organisms that do and do not exhibit this niche construction.
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resistant organisms
In order to control nosocomial infections of resistant organisms, certain isolation measures should be diffused and fulfilled.
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simple organism
What is true for a simple organism like the honey bee is even more true for complex organisms like humans.
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single organism
The target planet must also at least be habitable to allow seeding by a single organism.
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single-celled organism
Sappinia is a free-living amoeba (a single-celled organism), found in the environment.
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specific organism
Unfortunately, the specific organism has not yet been discovered.
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terrestrial organisms
This is rather unfortunate from an experimental viewpoint, as it places the data firmly in the range exhibited by terrestrial organisms.
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type of organism
Longevity in the anhydrobiotic state varies with the type of organism, but many species can remain viable for significant time periods.
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