type of organism

collocation in English

meaningsoftypeandorganism

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type
noun
uk
/taɪp/us
/taɪp/
a particular group of people or things that share similar characteristics and form a smaller division of a ...
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organism
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/us
/ˈɔːr-/
a single living plant, animal, ...
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(Definition oftypeandorganismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Longevity in the anhydrobiotic state varies with thetypeoforganism, but many species can remain viable for significant time periods.
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The articles are roughly grouped either bytypeoforganismor by topic, and if this leads to certain anomalies, well, classification systems usually do.
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Plans to deal with any accidental escape of dangerous pathogens would depend on thetypeoforganisminvolved, and on the actual circumstances of the escape.
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Microbial cultures are used to determine thetypeoforganism, its abundance in the sample being tested, or both.
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Every named species has been formally described as atypeoforganismwith particular defining characteristics.
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Thistypeoforganismlives in habitats that can be described as unstable or changing.
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This can occur with huge variance between thetypeoforganismand the type of the disturbance they experience.
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Many of these fossils consists only of spines and other fragments, and it is not certain that they belong to the sametypeoforganism.
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Modern biology is divided into subdisciplines by thetypeoforganismand by the scale being studied.
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In cases of infectious mastitis, cultures may be needed in order to determine whattypeoforganismis causing the infection.
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The species-area relationship is usually constructed for a singletypeoforganism, such as all vascular plants or all species of a specific trophic level within a particular site.
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Alicia theorizes that the worms are atypeoforganismthat has been released from stasis because of the pumping of hot water deep into the earth.
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