organisms

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Fermentation is a biological process whereby organisms convert carbohydrates like starch or sugar into substances like alcohol, without using oxygen.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The researchers tracked organisms over many generations and compared them with the wild type, or the version most commonly found in nature.

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

Frydman's lab has spent years studying how cells maintain proteostasis in simpler organisms such as yeast and roundworms.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Frederick Griffith had made genes move between organisms.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee