organic substrate

collocation in English

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organic
adjective
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/ɔːˈɡæn.ɪk/us
/ɔːrˈɡæn.ɪk/
not using artificial chemicals in the growing of plants and animals for food and ...
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substrate
noun[C]
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/ˈsʌb.streɪt/us
/ˈsʌb.streɪt/
biology
a substance or surface that an organism grows and lives on and is ...
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(Definition oforganicandsubstratefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Incorporation of a wide variety oforganicsubstratecarbons into soil biomass as estimated by the fumigation procedure.
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The model solution did not containorganicsubstrate, the liquid food contained a lot of organic substrates such as lipid, protein and carbohydrate from chicken meat, vegetable, and oil.
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Copiotrophic organisms tend to grow in highorganicsubstrateconditions, for example, sewage lagoons.
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The basis of these elastomers is fouling-release: the prevention oforganicsubstrateadhesion.
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This group of organisms may be further subdivided according to what kind oforganicsubstrateand compound they use.
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They grow inorganicsubstrateconditions up to 100x higher than oligotrophs.
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Some of the piezoelectric nanostructure can be formed in various kinds of substrates, such as flexible and transparentorganicsubstrate.
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The surface finishes that did exist either had poor adhesion to their substrate, or required either a porous or anorganicsubstrateto bond to.
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The pathway and stoichiometry of halogenation depends on the structural features and functional groups of theorganicsubstrateas well as the halogen.
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Advances in biological control of fungal leaf pathogens through fermented organic substrates and microorganisms.
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Photocatalytic oxidation of organic substrates requires an electron acceptor, light of the proper wavelength, and low concentrations of catalyst fouling agents or interfering radical scavengers.
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In organic chemistry, reagents are compounds or mixtures, usually composed of inorganic or small organic molecules, that are used to effect a transformation on anorganicsubstrate.
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Terrestrial larvae are found in organic substrates in decomposing vegetable matter and animal excreta, in moist soils and litter, under the bark of trees, etc.
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These are obtained by feeding on a variety of organic substrates including dead matter, foodstuffs, or as symbionts in or on other living organisms.
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Like herbivores and predators, decomposers are heterotrophic, meaning that they use organic substrates to get their energy, carbon and nutrients for growth and development.
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The bromination acts on a variety of organic substrates.
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Eukaryotic algae and cyanobacteria generate energy and reduce carbon dioxide, providing organic substrates and oxygen.
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Lactoperoxidase catalyzes the oxidation of a number of inorganic and organic substrates by hydrogen peroxide.
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