How to Use microorganism in a Sentence

microorganism

noun
  • Today, that is microorganisms in the ocean and plants on land.
    — Fox News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The limbs may have had tight angles to the trunk which can be weak points letting in the microorganisms.
    — oregonlive.com, 8 June 2019
  • As the microorganism go to work on the organic matter, the food spoils.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The sounds of worms and microorganisms at work emerged as the honking peals of a saxophone.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The microorganisms have learned to wait out the heat of the day in a dehydrated, dormant state.
    — Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
  • Such microorganism are thought to be among the earliest forms of life on Earth.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • If the necks were pointed straight up, the broth often turned cloudy with microorganisms.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Any microorganisms that could have emerged in the past would be poisoned to death today.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 July 2017
  • The samples will be tested for signs of microorganisms on the outside of the space station.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Algae grows on the ice, which helps feed microorganisms.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2023
  • The real answer, the data shows, might relate to the microbiome (the microorganisms in the gut).
    — Nicole Blackwood, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2019
  • And what if microorganisms did, in fact, exist on Mars billions of years ago?
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 June 2018
  • Plus, many types of microorganisms don’t affect us at all.
    — Good Housekeeping, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Growth is stopped when food is frozen, but microorganisms are not destroyed.
    — Washington Post, 13 May 2020
  • Some of the evidence for early life is in the form of fossilized microorganisms.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2017
  • This may be because the cheese helps create a better makeup of microorganisms in the mouth.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 24 July 2024
  • Moving through the world as a microorganism isn’t always easy.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Up next, the scientists plan to test their machines in microorganisms and fish.
    — Ryan Cross, Science | AAAS, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Indeed, there appear to be at least as many microorganism cells in the body as human cells.
    — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2018
  • But thanks to award-winning camera work, the plight of the microorganism is now abundantly clear.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2015
  • Once in the lake, chemicals from the plant could be taken up by microorganisms and wildlife living there.
    — Emma Penrod, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • But this can take away from the microorganisms providing the current nutrients in the soil to your plants.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2024
  • If food particles do get stuck, then there’s a risk of microorganism growth.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The microorganism can be found in all sorts of food products, including snacks.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The limits to alien life may differ from those imposed on our own world’s microorganisms.
    — Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Also, yeast resides on the scalp, and an overgrowth of this microorganism could lead to dandruff.
    — Amy Capetta, Woman's Day, 12 June 2017
  • Once the bait was sorted, the team chose its test subjects, the microorganisms chosen to play the part of aliens were extremophile bacteria.
    — Ars Technica, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The algae bloom is filled with glowing phytoplankton that lights up when the microorganisms tumble down the face of waves at and near the shore.
    — Gary Robbins, latimes.com, 9 May 2018
  • Over time, microorganisms ate the flesh from those bones, and the museum gained four full walrus skeletons.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Probiotics contain live microorganisms that increase the amount of beneficial microbes in our body, which help fight bad bacteria and keep us healthy.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025

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