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- By-products inhibit yeast and fungi: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Chemicals made with natural ingredients: bacteria
- CO2 breakdown used in organic compound manufacturing: plants
- Wood self-assembles: trees
- Biopolymer stops shell growth: oyster
- Matrix supports tissue engineering: organisms
- Hydrophobicity enhances solubility: vertebrates
- Silk threads adhere underwater: marine amphipod
- Enzymes catalyze reversible reactions: Micromonospora echinospora bacteria
- Numerous biochemical pathways enable independent life: Desulforudis audaxviator bacterium
- Plant cells transform and sequester selenium compounds: prince's plume mustard
- Bacterial enzymes produce hydrocarbons: Synechococcus elongatus cyanobacteria
