Sentence examples for few bacteria from inspiring English sources

Welander was skeptical that so few bacteria produced sterols.

People at high risk may contract listeriosis after eating food contaminated with even a few bacteria.

L. monocytogenesis one of the very few bacteria that use both pathways.

Only a few bacteria had been known to produce sterols, and so geologists disregarded that source in the rock record.

Although a few bacteria also contain ether-linked lipids, no archaea have been discovered that contain ester-linked lipids.

When the phagocytes attacked wounds infected with P. aeruginosa and Pf, they soon left after eating only a few bacteria.

Few bacteria produce only lactic acid, which is fairly toxic for bacteria and limits the growth of a colony.

If there are few bacteria, or even if there are many scattered bacteria, the concentration of the signaling molecules, also called autoinducers, will remain low.

"Everyone assumed the few bacteria that could remove these methyl groups were doing it the same way as eukaryotes," said Welander.

Previous studies have shown that just a few bacteria, including C. sporogenes, can break down tryptophan and produce the metabolite known as indolepropionic acid.

This increase in P. aeruginosa adhesion at day 7 could stem from the proliferation of few bacteria that had adhered, or overcoming the liquid layer with extended exposure.