Sentence examples for gram of soil from inspiring English sources

(Because a gram of soil can contain fifty thousand species of bacteria, this methodological informality is not especially limiting).

In a gram of soil there may be as many as a million species of bacteria.

"People don't realize how populous a gram of soil is," said Mr. Bugbee, citing the multitude of bacteria, funguses, algae, nematodes, earthworms and protozoa found therein.

Between 10,000 and 100,000 organisms per gram of soil may inhabit fertile land; the relative proportions of each group vary depending on soil type and latitude.

A wake-up call for Japanese industry—on the scale of the Love Canal incident in America in 1980 came in April when the soil surrounding an incinerator in Nosecho, a residential suburb north of Osaka, was found to contain a staggering 8,500 picograms of dioxin per gram of soil.

One gram of soil was suspended in 9 mL of sterile distilled water and serially diluted.

LF was examined as an adsorbent at different amounts (grams) of soil.

First, they loaded a capsule containing 5 grams of soil spiked with PAHs (instead of coffee grounds) into their machine.

Fifty grams of soil and 100 mL of PO43− solution were added into each 250-mL Erlenmeyer flask.

Two hundred grams of soil was taken, mixed thoroughly with the respective fertilizer and added to each pot.

Open image in new window Figure 6 Phosphate retention capacity at different amounts (grams) of soil applied.