The phrase "a source of microbial" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing origins or contributors of microbial life or substances in various contexts, such as environmental science, microbiology, or health.
Example: "The soil in this region is known to be a source of microbial diversity, supporting various ecosystems."
Alternatives: "a contributor of microbial" or "an origin of microbial".
The water may also be a source of microbial load if used for vegetables.
Alternatively, it is plausible that the dump community is specialized, and that refuse dumps of other colonies act as a source of microbial colonizers via a yet unknown mechanism.
Therefore, degraded DNA from dead organisms is thought to be simply a source of microbial food rather than the stuff of natural transformation.
Fortunately, gnotobiotic animal models fashioned using human microbiota and diets representative of the very population(s) targeted for disease treatment and prevention are a source of new microbial and metabolic biomarkers that could be used to judge the safety and efficacy of these envisioned microbiota-targeted therapeutic interventions.
Over the last two decades, myxobacteria have developed from highly exotic microorganisms to a major source of microbial compounds with promising biological activities.
Petrochemical contaminated site was found to be a rich source of microbial consortium degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Milk-handling containers are a major source of microbial contamination in milk if not adequately cleaned and disinfected (Lore et al. 2006).
Water used for juice preparation can be a major source of microbial contaminants such as total coliforms, fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci etc. (Tasnim et al. 2010).
Drinking water is a major source of microbial pathogens in developing regions, although poor sanitation and food sources are integral to enteric pathogen exposure (Macler and Merkel 2000; Lerner and Harris 2009).
In terms of undescribed and exotic environmental samples, this work is an innovative proposal to show the composting process as adopted at SPZPF, as well as its animal collection as a real source of microbial resources with some enzymatic abilities still not described.
A major source of microbial colonisation and infection of short term CVC is the patients' endogenous skin microorganisms located at the catheter insertion site.
