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It may be necessary to first coarse-filter samples through a NYLON® sieve having 2 to 4 mm mesh openings to remove debris and/or break up large floating or suspended solids.
500 sieve to retain nematode eggs.
The existence of many opposites suggests that proverbs perhaps once came in pairs, to be swopped in a sort of verbal wrestling, one vying with another or sometimes combining with it, the idealistic and the skeptical in balance: The man without children has a hole in his heart; the man with children has a heart like a sieve; Your family may chew you, but they will not swallow you .
Receiving water containing debris or indigenous organisms that may be confused with or attack the test organisms should be filtered through a sieve having 60 mm mesh openings prior to use.
Cages were changed daily and a sieve was used to measure spilt food.