Sentence examples for competing microbes from inspiring English sources

But they can also include ones that were unable to gain a foothold previously and are now able to thrive thanks to the destruction of competing microbes".

In our hands, we failed in an estimated 20% of cases in isolation of mycelia from fruiting body tissues, mostly due to overgrowth by other competing microbes, especially by filamentous Ascomycetes or sometimes also by Mucoromycotina (unpublished data).

Moreover, other pathways discovered in P.didemni are predicted to synthesize compounds active against possible competing microbes, such as the products of pyr and nkd.

Although the function of such putative novel pathways cannot currently be predicted with certainty, it is possible that they function as toxins active against host plants, competing microbes, or insect vectors [43].

From these results we propose that, in the phenolic-rich rhizosphere, such a detrimental effect of secreted MelC2 is directed toward other competing microbes that lack an intracellular defense system such as melD.

Interactions between Prochlorococcus, phages that infect them, their protozoan predators, and competing microbes, are all likely influenced by diel cycling, as well as other environmental factors which may in turn influence their responses to the oscillating energy input.

However, the difficulty in developing new antibiotic compounds stems from the fact that most new antibiotic compounds are found from another, competing microbe [12, 86].

This has a negative effect on the competing microbe because resistance aims at reducing or eliminating the fungal antagonist (competitive ability).

Antibiotic compounds are the chemical weapons of competing soil microbes, and most of the antibiotics we use came from there.

Over time, the pathogenic E. coli are inactivated by exposure to the sun; desiccation; poor nutrient conditions; temperature extremes; and competing soil microbes.

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which are produced by multicellular organisms as a defense mechanism against competing pathogenic microbes, appear to be excellent candidates for the development of novel antimicrobial agents.