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organism

[awr-guh-niz-uhm] / ˈɔr gəˌnɪz əm /


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The study highlights the importance of yeast as a model organism and points to RNP condensates as a critical survival mechanism.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

Grace is sent into space on a one-way mission to stop the spread of an energy-consuming organism called Astrophage, which threatens to create a new Ice Age on Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

She added that the drugs did not provide effective coverage against a Gram-positive organism, which was the most likely pathogen causing the infection.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Between 200 and 300 genes in this organism contain UAG, meaning many proteins could be produced in two forms depending on cellular conditions.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

In ecological release, an organism escapes its home and parachutes into an ecosystem that has never encountered it before.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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