(a.) Having the form of coral; branching like coral.
Example Sentences:
(1) Myxococcus coralloides D produced cell-bound deoxyribonucleases (DNases) during the exponential phase of growth in liquid medium.
(2) A strain of Myxococcus coralloides producing an antibiotic capable of inhibiting growth of Gram-positive bacteria was isolated.
(3) Myxococcus coralloides D was lysogenic for a defective prophage.
(4) DNA was prepared from cyanobacteria freshly isolated from coralloid roots of natural populations of five cycad species: Ceratozamia mexicana mexicana (Mexico), C. mexicana robusta (Mexico), Dioon spinulosum (Mexico), Zamia furfuraceae (Mexico) and Z. skinneri (Costa Rica).
(5) Mature arbuscules exhibited a coralloid morphology which resulted in a considerable increase in the surface area of the endophyte exposed within the host cells.
(6) Myxococcus fulvus, Myxococcus coralloides and Archangium gephyra occurred in all biotops studied.
(7) Two methods for the isolation of an antibiotic produced by Myxococcus coralloides have been developed: the chloroform extraction method and the charcoal adsorption method.
(8) Starch isolated from the fungi Hericium ramosum and Hericium coralloides differs from that of higher plants in that it consists only of short-chain amylose molecules (32 to 45 glucose units long).
(9) On the other hand, a similar comparison of cyanobacteria freshly collected from a single Encephalartos altensteinii coralloid root and from three independently subcultured isolates from the same coralloid root revealed that these were likely to be one and the same organism.
(10) The effect of inorganic phosphate concentrations on antibiotic and extracellular protein production by Myxococcus coralloides D have been examined.
(11) Either coralloid or bulbous rhizoids form in plant material, but only the latter in axenic culture.
(12) Acid and alkaline phosphatase of Myxococcus coralloides were examined during vegetative growth in a liquid medium.
(13) In forest soils Myxococcus coralloides and Myxococcus fulvus occur frequently, in grassland soils Myxococcus coralloides and Archangium gephyra are predominating.
(14) 5S rRNA sequences were determined for the myxobacteria Cystobacter fuscus, Myxococcus coralloides, Sorangium cellulosum, and Nannocystis exedens and for the radioresistant bacteria Deinococcus radiodurans and Deinococcus radiophilus.
(15) We found msDNA in other myxobacteria, including Myxococcus coralloides, Cystobacter violaceus, Cystobacter ferrugineus (Cbfe17), Nannocystis exedens, and nine independently isolated strains of M. xanthus.
(16) A strain of Myxococcus coralloides was isolated which produced an antibiotic active against Gram-positive bacteria and also against Neisseria sp at high levels of antibiotic.
(17) Thus, a wide range of Nostoc strains appear to associate with the coralloid roots of cycads.
Gypsum
Definition:
(n.) A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ten alginates and seven gypsum products were tested.
(2) It is recommended that manufacturers pay more strict adherence to the requirements of the ISO Standard with regard to the availability and recommendation of suitable compatible gypsum products, and also that perhaps the actual Standard should be modified to be more realistic in its demands, and more discriminatory in its evaluation procedure.
(3) The diffusive properties of alginate membranes prepared by the interfacial reaction of sodium alginate solution with gypsum substrates were studied.
(4) The tensile strength of a dental gypsum was measured indirectly using both the diametral and the double-punch tests.
(5) Radiation shielding tables were developed from the calculated transmissions through Pb, concrete, gypsum, steel, plate glass, and water, using a technique which eliminates the "add one HVL" rule.
(6) The use of alginate and a recently introduced modified gypsum product as investing media, as well as centrifugation of the pour resin into the flask, offer no significant advantages over the originally introduced procedure.
(7) And unlike beach sand, the sands here, made up of eroded gypsum crystals, do not get scorching hot in the sun and can usually be walked on in bare feet, even on the hottest days.
(8) The best way of sterilization is to make a gypsum model from the hydrocolloid impression and place it in the furnace for 30 min in 60 degrees C.
(9) The results show that the dosage of gypsum should be 10-20 grams, preferably ground to at least 60 mesh powder, the fine powder over 60 mesh is not to be pre-decocted, but the coarse powder of 40 mesh needs pre-decocting.
(10) The content of calcium ion Ca2+ in gypsum decoction has been determined with coordination titration.
(11) Gypsum produced only 5% and granular dusts none at all.
(12) The fibrous dusts (other than gypsum) resulted in a high incidence of mesothelioma (30 - 67%).
(13) In a small area (approximately 40 km2) against the mountains there is a concentration of over 20 large plants: oil refinery; iron and steel mill; fertilizer, cement, and gypsum production; coke kilns; and chemical, paint, and many other ancillary plants.
(14) Although the tissue conditioners generally exhibited higher deformations and lower gypsum compatibility than specified by ADA Specification No.
(15) Dehydration conditions similar to those employed in wet calcination of gypsum appeared to be produced under atmospheric pressure when NaCl was present.
(16) (4) Different gypsum products responded differently to bonding agents.
(17) of gypsum board, lead, and plate glass at this radiation level was 1.8, 0.020, and 1.3 cm, respectively.
(18) Part I of this study considered the ability of alginate and gypsum combinations to reproduce a line on a test block.
(19) The advantages of the halo-fixateur therapy compared against extension and immobilization in Minerva gypsum are that secondary correction of positioning is possible; that functionally disturbing and extended spondylodeses are avoided; that care of the polytraumatized patient is facilitated; that X-ray films are easy to assess; and that the period of hospitalization is greatly reduced.
(20) We used a profilometer to determine the roughness average, maximum roughness, and waviness of the dies, control, gypsum, and silicone test surfaces.