The phrase "acquisition of specimens" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to collecting, obtaining, or gathering samples for research, study, or analysis.
Example: "The acquisition of specimens from various ecosystems is crucial for our environmental research."
Alternatives: "collection of samples" or "gathering of specimens."
Other topics of central interest to researchers include Darwin's correspondence concerning the acquisition of specimens from locations around the world or his discussion of his experimental designs and reading in natural history.
DB contributed to the acquisition of specimens of lung tissues.
HL was involved in acquisition of specimens through surgical management of patients and reviewed the manuscript.
KAJ critically reviewed the manuscript and played a major part in the acquisition of specimens.
BW organized acquisition of specimens and clinical data for the Cognitive study.
The increasing frequency of severe S. aureus infection requires reassessing regimens of empiric therapy delivered on admission and added emphasis to timely and appropriate acquisition of specimens for culture.
In all cases, research specimens were obtained only after acquisition of diagnostic specimens.
Protocols for the acquisition of human specimens were approved by the institutional review boards of the institutions providing the specimens (University of British Columbia, British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Ethics Board, Canada, and the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA).
Whereas Brandegee's aim was to collect herbarium specimens, that of J.A. Purpus and Dr. Schenck was fundamentally concerned with the acquisition of live specimens, especially succulents, which ultimately would form part of the greenhouse collection of Mexican xerophytes in Darmstadt (Purpus, J. A., 1916).
Patients with IPPFE exhibited a longer period from detection of interstitial pneumonia to acquisition of lung specimens, a lower incidence of fine crackles, more consolidation on HRCT, and more organizing pneumonia on lung specimens than did patients with IPF.
In the subsequent period which can be designated as the "Garman Period" (1874-1928), an extensive program of exchanges was established with the emphasis on the acquisition of type specimens and fishes not represented in the collection.
