colonize

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He was impressed by mosses' ability to colonize the harshest environments on Earth.

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"For decades, scientists have been trying to develop cereal crops that produce active root nodules, or trying to colonize cereals with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, without much success. We used a different approach," Blumwald said.

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Cyanobacteria commonly colonize Sargassum, forming a partnership that provides the algae with an extra nitrogen source.

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Tessa sees it as a mission, one of dozens that involve the company colonizing planets and stripping their resources, justifying that plunder as necessary to benefit mankind.

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Until now, researchers have been unable to assign an R0 value to bacteria that normally colonize the gut, since they often live in the body without triggering illness.

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