Sentence examples for microbial access to from inspiring English sources
The coating of litter with clay during passage through earthworms reduces microbial access to the litter as well as conditions for microbial activity by reducing the diffusion of nutrients and oxygen.
The biomechanically enhanced dissolution of minerals may also be affected by differences in microbial access to moisture in addition to being dependent on the physical characteristics of mineral grains (e.g., particle size and shape) and the microbial taxa present in a particular weathering environment50.
We found no effect of precipitation pattern on the amount of C photosynthesized, and no differences in 13C label in root biomass among treatments, soil depth, or over time, suggesting that the coupling between plants and soil microbes was affected through changes in rhizodeposition or microbial access to rhizodeposits [20, 50,51,52].
However, further limiting microbial access to the lower respiratory tract is crucial for reducing VAP rates in patients.
These abiotic reactions may play an important role in environments or sites where the microbial access to mineral surfaces are physically hindered.
Current device modifications have had some success in reducing infection rates, particularly cuff modifications that limit microbial access to the lower respiratory tract.
As an anti-microbial defense, mammalian hosts utilize ferritin to sequester iron and deny microbial organisms' access to it [ 156].
However, the mass-transfer problems of limited diffusion and steric hindrance reduced microbial cell access to substrate [14].
The editors have assembled a unique and comprehensive volume with timely contributions by leaders that provide a broad perspective on how microbial or host access to trace metals impacts the onset or progression of disease.
They form the topmost, aerobic layer of microbial mats where access to light, atmospheric CO2 and N2 is greatest [37].
This rapidly growing research area provided new insights into microbial life and access to novel biomolecules (Banik and Brady 2008; Edwards et al. 2006; Frias-Lopez et al. 2008; Venter et al. 2004).
