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What does colonize mean?

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  1. American and Oxford British English standard spelling of colonise.
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Bacteria that have lost the ability to colonize are called symbiosis mutants.
Without mycotrophic host plants present on the site to colonize, airborne spores of indigenous mycorrhizae are unable to persist.
This tolerance has practical application in bioremediation and in efforts to colonize polluted sites.
Benedictines, Cistercians, Tironesians, Praemonstratensians were all out to colonize, and Scotland showed willing.
Salmonella cells produce fimbriae and cellulose that help them attach, colonize, and survive on the melon's surface.
He put down rebellions and sent his Athenian armies to colonize other areas of Asia Minor.

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