Sentence examples for were contaminant from inspiring English sources
noun
That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.
- Keep the lid on the jar to keep contaminants out.
Eventually, he said, he concluded that the many amoeba-like stages she included in the cycle were contaminant amoebas brought in on the fish on which pfiesteria feed.
More than 50% of positive blood cultures isolated were contaminant species, which is often related to poor technique and results in inappropriate empiric antibiotic therapy with its attendant challenges.
Among these peptides, 113 were contaminant ones, 12 619 were annotated ones and 103 were novel ones.
Among the, 47,944 and 65,413 reads from leaves and buds, respectively, were contaminant rRNAs, tRNAs, and snoRNAs.
ESTs shorter than 100 bp were removed from the data set, as were contaminant sequences, such as E. coli, common vectors, and sequencing standards.
Consequently, changes to the permafrost configuration due to thawing would likely affect both groundwater movement and TCE migration, and areas that were contaminant-free may become susceptible to contamination.
Only 0.24% of the assembling sequences were contaminants and were removed from further analysis using rigorous quality control.
NEC and NTC controls were used to ensure that the RT and qPCR reactions were contaminant-free.
The majority of CoNS isolated from blood cultures were contaminants.
†The microorganisms detected in valve culture were contaminants.
According to the CDC criteria, 81 isolates were contaminants and 28 were true causes of bacteremia.
