Many bacterial cells secrete some extracellular material in the form of a capsule or a slime layer.
The tool, which is harder than the material to be cut, removes the unwanted material in the form of chips.
While writing In the Wolf's Mouth he has also assembled "half a book" of new material in the form of short stories that might yet become novellas.
But, for better or for worse, McCarty's new project includes extensive ancillary material, in the form of a booklet at the front desk.
If enough material in the form of written records from past ages were available, it would be possible to group all the world's languages into historically related families.
Transformation, in biology, one of several processes by which genetic material in the form of "naked" deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is transferred between microbial cells.
The American petrochemical industry, for example, uses natural gas as both its primary raw material, in the form of liquid ethane, and as an energy fuel.
Their results showed that the Zika virus has a structure similar to other flaviviruses, including dengue and West Nile viruses, with a core of genetic material in the form of RNA, encased inside a fatty membrane.
With a budget of more than $190m, Brad Pitt as the lead and great source material in the form of Max Brooks's globetrotting "mockument" novel, this looked like something very special indeed.
HIV is a retrovirus, one of a unique family of viruses that consist of genetic material in the form of RNA (instead of DNA) surrounded by a lipoprotein envelope.
The nucleus of the hepatocyte guides replication of the cell and transmits genetic material in the form of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) from deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) to organelles located in the cytoplasm.
