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- noun Plural form of
commensal .
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Some of those bacteria go on to form the stable populations called commensals that include S. aureus and other benign varieties of staph, and that most of the time coexist in harmony with their human hosts in a state called colonization.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Some of those bacteria go on to form the stable populations called commensals that include S. aureus and other benign varieties of staph, and that most of the time coexist in harmony with their human hosts in a state called colonization.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Some of those bacteria go on to form the stable populations called commensals that include S. aureus and other benign varieties of staph, and that most of the time coexist in harmony with their human hosts in a state called colonization.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Our bodies naturally have bacteria called commensals all over them.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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A person normally has 300 to 500 species of beneficial bacteria, known as commensals, in their intestines.
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Probably long ago, as some forms of urts became commensals with human beings, so, too, some humans may have become commensals, traveling companions, sharers at the same table, so to speak, with the migratory urt packs.
Cinnamon Roll 2010
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Ai visits Orgoreyn, hoping to have more luck with its “commensals”.
Reading Challenge #8 – The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K Le Guin « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2009
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AbstractMadeira is a small volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean with steep mountains separating narrow valleys that are the only areas habitable by humans and their commensals.
The Rise of Human Chromosome 2: Beyond the Deme - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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Since the commensals had claimed Ai had died of a virulent fever, his miraculous return should be enough to provoke the king of Karhide into inviting the Ekumen ambassadors to Gethen.
Reading Challenge #8 – The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K Le Guin « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2009
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Some commensals of humans, such as vultures, were still present into the mid-1960s but have since vanished.
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