Sentence examples for a common microbe from inspiring English sources

Genetic engineering might also be used to transfer a gene for a toxin into a common microbe.

"This species has disappeared from the microbiomes of modern urbanites," notes Lewis, but seems to be "a common microbe for people with more traditional lifestyles".

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In one recent study, researchers found that a common gut microbe in Japanese people has acquired a gene from a marine bacterium that allows the Japanese to digest seaweed, something the rest of us can't do as well.

They exposed lung cancer patients to a common, inoffensive microbe called Mycobacterium vaccae, found in soil.

The most common microbe found was Propionibacterium acnes, the common and harmless skin bacterium known for causing acne.

In another study, negative blood culture was found in osteomyelitis patients with small bones and/or non-staphylococcal disease.[ 42] In line with other studies, S. aureus was the most common microbe in our study.[ 2, 4, 38] None of our subacute osteomyelitis patients had a positive blood culture.

Moreover, the pH required for an optimal growth and metabolism of the common microbes were in the range of 5.0 8.0.

After growing several hundred strains of common microbes, they determined that the most effective was a soil microbe called Bacillus licheniformis.

Scientists have found that common microbes in astronauts didn't multiply or change much over months aboard Mir.

These immune responses are triggered following recognition of common microbe-associated molecular pattern molecules (MAMPS) or pathogen-associated molecular pattern molecules (He et al. 2007; Bent and Mackey 2007).