organic matter
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These results indicate that dissolved organic matter released from marine snow provides a rapid and valuable energy source for microbes living at great depths.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Yet beneath the surface, billions of microbes are hard at work decomposing leaves, wood, and other organic matter.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026
It was a tale about organic matter, the sound and smell of silk, wool and cotton, their inevitable decay a result of skin secretions, chemicals, light and time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
The Appalachian springsnail is basically a tiny aquatic cow that mows over algae and other organic matter, sucking them up and extracting whatever nutrients it can.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
In the great dark between the stars there are clouds of gas and dust and organic matter.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
