"microbial survival" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to the ability of a microorganism to remain alive, especially in difficult or dangerous environmental conditions. For example, "The availability of water is a key factor in microbial survival in deserts."
A guide to proper classification of microbial survival strategies.
Solutes determine the temperature windows for microbial survival and growth.
This mode of growth enables microbial survival during adverse environmental conditions.
These results are pertinent to understanding microbial survival, emission sources and atmospheric processes and how they influence microbial dissemination.
Davila, A. F. et al. Facilitation of endolithic microbial survival in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert by mineral deliquescence.
Amato, P., Doyle, S. M., Battista, J. R. & Christner, B. C. Implications of subzero metabolic activity on long-term microbial survival in terrestrial and extraterrestrial permafrost.
In the field of predictive microbiology, mathematical models play an important role for describing microbial growth, survival and inactivation.
On open surfaces, fouling will affect microbial retention, survival and transfer potential but is less likely to support the development of a true biofilm.
The evidences obtained here support the fact that low CO2 availability becomes an important asset to the microbial population survival and growth promotion in the bioleaching environments.
Finally, the relationship between fragment length and mean GC content was examined for five prevalent oral genera in dental calculus samples and a single prevalent soil genus in dentin samples to evaluate further the influence of genomic structure on microbial DNA survival.
Validation is performed using microbial (fungal) survival measurements.
