Sentence examples for microorganisms rather than from inspiring English sources

The use of immobilized microorganisms rather than free cells in biodegradation can be advantageous to enhance the stability of the biocatalyst and to facilitate its recovery and reuse.

However, the lower degradation speed of the PBSA film in sterilized soil compared to that in unsterilized one after four weeks incubation also support our contention that PBSA film degradation is mainly caused by the polyester-degrading activity of enzymes produced by soil microorganisms rather than by non-enzymatic chemical hydrolysis.

Probiotics, by contrast, support digestive and immune system health by boosting the body's beneficial microorganisms, rather than stripping them.

For this application, a community shotgun library is prepared from DNA that has been extracted from a natural assemblage of microorganisms, rather than from an individual isolate.

However, the culture-independent, high-throughput strategy utilized in this study permitted detailed characterization of whole populations of nasal microorganisms, rather than individual species, in relation to S. aureus occurrence.

However, in an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine, Nestle (1996) pointed out that this approach leaves many uncertainties: Most biotechnology companies use microorganisms rather than food plants as gene donors, even though the allergenic potential of these newly introduced microbial proteins is uncertain, unpredictable, and untestable ….

Appropriateness of initial antibiotic therapy referred to the susceptibility of isolated microorganism rather than the time lag prior to its initiation.

This suggests that the virulence of the microorganism rather than the source of infection may be more important in determining outcome.

However, it should be noted that when lay people talk about "resistance", this term could mean human resists to antibiotics rather than microorganisms to antibiotics.

(An autoimmune reaction is an immune reaction against the body's own tissues, and an autoantibody is an antibody that attacks components of the body rather than invading microorganisms).

Microorganisms engineered to metabolize cellobiose rather than the monomeric glucose can provide several advantages for lignocellulose-based biorefineries.