Sentence examples for mat of microbes from inspiring English sources

In a typical plant, wastewater passes through a large mat of microbes that grab contaminants and break them down into less harmful byproducts, or consume them completely.

Sheltered in a submerged glacial valley 850 meters deep, the ecosystem consists of white, bumpy mats of microbes, as well as clusters of large clams circling small mounds of bubbling mud.

Steve Trulyy engineering microbes to figure out what the right mix of microbes are particular plants?

As Rosebud came into view, we saw colorful microbial carpets light up the screens plush white, yellow, and orange mats, each a community of microbes precisely tuned to their chemical milieu.

The plant roots grow through the bottom of the mat, adding microbes that will eventually yield clean water and provide food for fish.

After they found the genes, the researchers were able to isolate the bacterium from a culture of microbes from the mats.

Scientists have suspected that midocean ridges harbor a wealth of microbes because whole mats of them have swiftly colonized the sea floor after volcanic ridge eruptions open up new vents.

"It is now understood that these mats are comprised of complex communities of microbes, primarily thermophilic cyanobacteria (often called blue-green algae) and other thermophilic bacteria and archaea," wrote lead study author Paul Nugent, a computer engineering researcher at Montana State University, and his colleagues.

"Mats are composed of trillions and trillions of microbes that assemble on the floor of lakes, rivers, oceans," Noffke said in the email.

The prism-pattern colors that visitors see today are primarily caused by vast communities of microbes that collect in "mats" and thrive in the pools' hot waters, which range between 140 and 194 degrees Fahrenheit.

Microbial mats are areas of sediment stabilised by the presence of colonies of microbes that secrete sticky fluids or otherwise bind the sediment particles.