organisms

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Beneath the trees, roots and microscopic organisms steadily release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as they break down organic material and fuel plant growth.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

The team also plans to investigate why organisms take so long to fully adapt even when an environment remains constant.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

A BLA is a formal request to market and distribute a medical product derived from living organisms across state lines.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

For a bucket of gravel it’s tedious, for minerals it’s difficult, and for living organisms it’s surely impossible.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Some have become symbionts in more specialized, local relations, living as working parts in the tissues of higher organisms.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas