Sentence examples for microscopic parasites from inspiring English sources

Microscopic Parasites In 1999, the pathobiology lab at the University of Connecticut identified a parasitic amoeba, a paramoeba, in all the dead lobsters it studied.

In their native lands, many of these plants have enemies in microscopic parasites, insects and plant diseases.

The incidence of babesiosis, which is caused by microscopic parasites that infect red blood cells, has been increasing dramatically in the Hudson Valley, according to research done by Wormser.

In the two great groups of seed plants, gymnosperms and angiosperms, the sporophyte is the dominant phase in the life cycle, as it is also in the vascular cryptogams; the gametophytes are microscopic parasites on the sporophytes.

His conclusion was that sexual reproduction arose as a response to microscopic parasites, a way of slightly altering the offspring's genetics to throw parasites off track and provide an edge in the constant battle with pathogens.

Swimmer's itch, or cercarial dermatitis, is a rash caused by an allergic reaction to microscopic parasites of birds and mammals that are released into both fresh water and saltwater by snails, their intermediate hosts.

Shane Carruth is describing the life of a microscopic parasite that breeds in the guts of a cat.

A recently characterized microscopic parasite, Cyclospora cayetanensis, was the cause of outbreaks of diarrheal illness in the United States and Canada starting in 1996.

The microscopic parasite that causes African sleeping sickness has not had sex in more than 10,000 years, a study has found.

Much of the interest in syndromic surveillance dates to 1993, when Milwaukee's water supply was contaminated with cryptosporidium, a microscopic parasite, sickening most of the city's population, sending more than 4,000 people to hospitals, and killing more than 100.

Just four years ago, oysters were so plentiful along the western half of the North Shore that hundreds could be dredged in a few hours, but beginning last year, two microscopic parasite pests have virtually wiped out oysters and the local industry that depends on them.