Sentence examples for a microbe on from inspiring English sources

Would it be so thrilling to find, say, a microbe on one of Saturn's moons, or is sentient life the only kind that would have significant ramifications for us on Earth?

The discovery of a microbe on a Saturnian moon would certainly be thrilling to a biologist, and I hope it would also be thrilling to anyone who gave thought to our place in the cosmos.

Soils and plant surfaces constitute nutrient limited environment, thereby putting pressure on a microbe to compete for the available nutrients (Pal and Gardener, 2006).

She said she hasn't been curious enough to try to find out about her microflora; she's too busy, and besides, she already knows where to place the blame for her excess weight — not on a microbe but on herself.

The students' projects range from research on using a microbe to thwart ozone depletion to studying the environmental impact of a dry cleaning business.

These complex strategies are characterized by phenotypic plasticity : the social behavior or phenotype adopted by a microbe depends on the behaviors of the other microbes in the population.

As we tremble with anticipation at the prospect of finding a single microbe on another planet, under our feet we're wilfully executing a mass extinction event.

An article in The Boston Globe in 2008 said the group raised "fears that people could create a deadly microbe on purpose".

The image he entertained of America was that of a buffalo standing foursquare with its great head lifted in the direction of old Europe, and him a microbe perched precariously on the tip of the creature's mighty muzzle.

The chaos surrounding the release of yesterday's Science paper on a microbe that utilizes arsenic some thought the NASA press conference would announce evidence of life on another planet has reached online comic xkcd.

In 1972, a molecular engineer named Ananda Chakrabarty applied for a patent on a microbe he had engineered that would help break down crude oil.