Sentence examples for bacteria when applied to from inspiring English sources

When combined with Southern blotting using specific probes, this PCR was highly specific for pathogenic Leptospira and had a detection threshold of about 10 bacteria when applied to a variety of clinical samples [12], making it useful for diagnostic purposes [13].

This appears to be reasonable; our estimate yields 60,000 ribosomes per cell, which is within the range reported for E. coli[ 117] and other bacteria, when applied to the 15 million reads for P. acnes 5S rRNA.

NCRs are similar to the defensin-type of antimicrobial peptides, and some NCR peptides have antimicrobial activity, killing rhizobium and other bacteria when applied at high concentration [ 8, 9, 12, 13].

For example, an enzyme from a certain bacterium (Bacillus licheniformus) when applied to the milk protein alpha-lactalbumin generates 'building blocks which self-assemble into nanometer sized tubular structures' (Graveland-Bikker and de Kruif, 2006).

Moreover, there is no fundamental principle that prevents the pattern of ancestry from differing both temporally and taxonomically: it is possible (but by no means confirmed) that a straightforward tree metaphor is inappropriate for, say, ancient (or perhaps even modern) bacteria but is accurate when applied to eukaryotes.

These stainings, first established on planctonic bacteria, may have serious shortcomings when applied to multispecies biofilms.

We hypothesize that similar approaches, when applied to bacteria, should bring interesting results.

However, a solution of glyburide in dimethyl sulfoxide did not inhibit the growth of B. pseudomallei when applied to a lawn of bacteria on solid agar (data not shown).

HT61 kills non-multiplying bacteria in an animal model, and is not toxic when applied to the skin of minipigs.

The polymers can then be turned into films or powders that, when applied to food, can keep communities of bad bacteria from forming.

Plain yogurt contains lactic acid and probiotics, which when applied to the skin, help keep the bad bacteria that causes acne in check, thereby reducing the appearance of pore size.