microorganism
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The authors contend that no facility currently operating on Earth can guarantee complete containment, elimination, or control of an unknown alien microorganism if an accident were to occur.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Yet this everyday microorganism may also offer insight into a far bigger question: how life might endure the extreme conditions found beyond Earth.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2026
“The presence of terrestrial microorganism within a sample of Ryugu underlines that microorganisms are the world's greatest colonizers and adept at circumventing contamination controls,” the authors conclude.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2024
Mr. Gutman is the founder of Primer’s Yeast, a company that sells ancient strains of the microorganism.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
The disease is caused by a microorganism and several bacteria have been suspected of being responsible.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
"No health disorders associated with infectious pathology were detected," it said, adding that "the results of almost 5,000 laboratory tests did not reveal any dangerous pathogenic microorganisms".
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The oral microbiome refers to the community of microorganisms living in the mouth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
"No microorganisms linked to the young woman's professional work were found in her biological samples," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Kobzev, the governor of Irkutsk, said that specialists had carried out extensive laboratory analyses of the woman’s body, and that “their results show that no microorganisms connected to her professional activities were found.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Bacteria and a host of other microorganisms could find their way into cultures from people’s unwashed hands, their breath, and dust particles floating through the air, and destroy them.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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