Sentence examples for slime layer of from inspiring English sources

The fourth factor was a "slime" layer of loose fly ash and silt running 40 to 85 feet below the part of the pile that collapsed.

Utility officials had argued at a trial last October that the spill was caused by factors outside the utility's control, including a "slime" layer of loose ash and silt under the dike.

Glycocalyx are produced by many bacteria to surround their cells, and vary in structural complexity: ranging from a disorganised slime layer of extra-cellular polymer to a highly structured capsule.

While the slime layer is characteristic of the SFG rickettsiae, in R. peacockii the slime layer is thin and not always discernable [42].

The increase in the thickness of the slime layer in R. rickettsii upon tick feeding correlates with the restoration of virulence [43].

For example, capsular or slime layer polysaccharides, the teichoic acids of Gram-positives, or the S-layer glycoproteins of archaea all seem to be located in fGIs.

Young fruit bodies of C. vanduzerensis are covered with a slimy universal veil; the slime layer persists on the cap of young mushrooms, or in moist weather.

The bottom of the lake is slime layer, and has some ups and downs.

Since the N-terminal domain of OmpA-B family members is likely extended from the membrane through the slime layer, it is possible that proper configuration of the surface lipooligosaccharides is important for proper arrangement of these surface proteins.

Many bacterial cells secrete some extracellular material in the form of a capsule or a slime layer.

For example, many bacteria display a polysaccharide 'coat', either as a discrete layer of exopolysaccharide described as a capsule, or as a loosely attached slime layer.