microecology

It seems the complex human microecology also includes an extensive set of viruses – and they may well be a necessary component of the whole.

Church Signs on CNN iReport - The Panda's Thumb 2010

It seems the complex human microecology also includes an extensive set of viruses – and they may well be a necessary component of the whole.

No metazoan is an island - The Panda's Thumb 2010

"A microecology that needs study," she said calmly.

Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

A garden robot whickered among the roses, struggling to maintain the microecology they required.

Ensign Flandry Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1966

So logically, Soviet agronomy focused on more holistic, low-tech approaches such as manipulating the soil microecology.

Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon

For only by decomposing does organic matter release the nutrients it contains so plants can uptake them; only by being consumed does humus support the microecology that so markedly contributes phytamins to plant nutrition, aggressively breaks down rock particles and releases the plant nutrients they contain; only by being eaten does soil organic matter support bacteria and earthworms that improve productivity and create better tilth.

Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon

And I think that our microecology is changing, Blaser said.

Thestar.com - Home Page Theresa Boyle 2011

"This biochemical cross-talk is hypothesized to generate a cascade of specific and sensitive biomarkers elaborated directly from the tumor cell population, indirectly from the interacting non-tumor cells or extracellular molecules, or a specific product of the microecology," they explained.

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