Sentence examples for microbial fauna present from inspiring English sources

Presently, the relative importance of the chemical characteristics of the vent fluid and of the microbial fauna present on the available substratum is being explored in experiments conducted at the East Pacific Rise (T Shank, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, personal communication).

In the past decade or so, deep inside Earth, scientists have discovered a rich microbial fauna and have theorized that Mars may be similar.

In the past decade or so, as scientists have discovered a remarkably rich microbial fauna dwelling deep in the Earth's interior, miles down, they have theorized that Mars may be similar.

At that time, at least 60,000 years ago, the fauna contained many species of large animals (the Australian megafauna) and was considerably different from the fauna present at the time of European settlement.

This indicated that they had shared their microbial fauna – mice eat each other's droppings – and that the "lean" bacteria were winning out in the battle to colonise the guts of the "obese" mice, Dr Gordon said.

The production of chemical compounds is principally important for soft bodied ascidian species, which use secondary metabolites to deter predatory fishes, to compete for space, to control settlement and growth of microbial fauna and other fouling organisms.

Availability of nutrients and electron acceptors plays an important role in wetland C cycling with available nutrients limiting the growth of microbial fauna (Drake et al. 1996; D'Angelo and Reddy 1999; Wright and Reddy 2001).

Therefore, the steady occurrence of the toxin in the roots and exudates of Bt corn provides a good example of an unpredicted attribute (which also has potential long-term implications for the microbial fauna in the soil).

The knowledge of these saline lakes is still limited with respect to such characteristics as water chemistry and the flora and fauna present.

Viruses infecting the microbial fauna have an enormous impact on the biosphere.

We here show that wild-caught Caenorhabditis often harbor a large microbial fauna in their intestinal lumen.