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• Other contenders in the 2009 Pikes Peak Regional Science Fair examined harmful radiation from kitchen appliances, the effects of global warming on plant life and something...
• It's also 'the first bacteriostatic microfibre' according to a specialist textile website.
• The function of these compounds in plants is commonly bacteriostatic, though they also function as repellents and attackers.
• The activity of streptomycin is principally bacteriostatic, i.e. it checks the bacterial growth and is in some degree also bacteriolytic, i.e. it destroys the tubercle...