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
• 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
• 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
• Indeed, there appear to be at least as many microorganism cells in the body as human cells.
  — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Each tree house is positioned high enough off the ground to allow the soil and microorganisms below to flourish.
  — Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 11 May 2023
• Compost piles heat up when microorganisms feed on waste.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 26 May 2023
• Fungi, insects, and microorganisms quickly break down the wood and roots.
  — Zayna Syed, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2023
• Peat moss doesn’t foster the microorganisms that plants rely on in nature.
  — Brianna Wilson, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
• That's a microorganism that is only found in this cave, in the huge mounds of bat droppings left behind when the cave was opened and the bats migrated elsewhere.
  — Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2021
• Some fish and microorganisms lay their eggs in the fall, then rely on ice for protection during the winter.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• In the course of weeks or months, billions of microorganisms feed on the carbon and nitrogen in the composting mixture.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2020
• This paper isn’t the first to look at exercising mice and their microorganisms.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
• As cheese matures, enzymes and microorganisms inside of it can snip the casein molecules themselves.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
• Yes, plants, many animals, algae, and microorganisms all have the potential to produce melatonin and these would be considered naturally occurring sources.
  — Willow Jarosh, Ms, Rd, Health, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024