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- Bacteria produce acetate, not methane: kangaroo
- Enzymes break down cellulose, toxins: multicolor gill polypore
- Digesting various substances: fungi
- Microbes make natural polyester: bacteria
- Lysosomes recycle protein building blocks: human cells
- Photosynthetic systems rapidly disassembles and reforms: Rhodobacter sphaeroides
- Enzymes catalyze cellulose breakdown at high temperatures: hyperthermophillic archaeabacteria
- Enzymes bleach wood lignin: marine-fungus designate NIOCC #3
