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bacteria
in
The Martian
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- Bacterial activity, certain nutrients provided by animal life, etc. None of that is happening on Mars.
p. 12.5 *bacterial = related to microorganisms (living creatures so small it takes a microscope to see them)
- Being completely desiccated, this particular shit didn't have bacteria in it anymore, but it still had complex proteins and would serve as useful manure.†
p. 13.7bacteria = microorganisms (living creatures so small it takes a microscope to see them)
- Adding it to water and active bacteria would quickly get it inundated, replacing any population killed by the Toilet of Doom.†
p. 13.8
- That's the bacteria at work!†
p. 13.9
- There are dozens of species of bacteria living in Earth soil, and they're critical to plant growth.†
p. 14.1
- They'll spread out and breed like ...well, like a bacterial infection.†
p. 14.2bacterial = relating to microorganisms (living creatures so small it takes a microscope to see them)
- Time to start getting the bacteria to work on these minerals.†
p. 15.7bacteria = microorganisms (living creatures so small it takes a microscope to see them)
- Not to mention the bacteria that has to live in the dirt first.†
p. 15.9
- Get to work, bacteria.†
p. 16.7
- The dirt is only viable soil because of the bacteria growing in it.†
p. 39.5
- If I get rid of all the oxygen, the bacteria will die.†
p. 39.6
- Soil bacteria are used to winters.†
p. 40.1
- If you're wondering how bacteria on Earth survive longer periods of cold, the answer is they don't.†
p. 40.2
- Bacteria from further underground where it is warmer breed upward to replace the dead ones.†
p. 40.3
- That leaves a little in the air for the bacteria to breathe, but not enough to maintain a fire.†
p. 40.4
- Once the temperature got to 1°C, I waited another hour, just to make sure the bacteria in the dirt got the memo that it was time to take it slow.†
p. 41.8
- Healthy, active bacteria doing their thing!†
p. 46.1
- Any bacteria planning to rot my taters will die screaming.†
p. 150.5
- Not even the bacteria in the soil can survive a catastrophe like that.†
p. 171.3
- So is the soil bacteria.†
p. 171.5
- Amazingly, some of the bacteria survived.†
p. 224.3
- My guess is pockets of ice formed around some of the bacteria, leaving a bubble of survivable pressure inside, and the cold wasn't quite enough to kill them.†
p. 224.4
- With hundreds of millions of bacteria, it only takes one survivor to stave off extinction.†
p. 224.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(bacteria) microorganisms (living creatures so small it takes a microscope to see them) that can both cause disease and be beneficial.
(Bacteria are different and larger than viruses.)A single bacteria is called a bacterium and consists of a single cell that reproduces by splitting. (This is unlike a virus that uses cells in the body to reproduce.)
Bacteria are found virtually everywhere. For example, there are typically 40 million bacterial cells in a gram of soil and a million bacterial cells in a milliliter of fresh water. Many bacteria reside on our skin and in our bodies. For example, bacteria in the stomach help animals digest food. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)