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31Nylon-eating bacteria — are a strain of Flavobacterium that is capable of digesting certain byproducts of nylon 6 manufacture. This strain of Flavobacterium, Sp. K172, became popularly known as nylon eating bacteria, and the enzymes used to digest the man made molecules …
32List of Monster Allergy characters — This article lists characters from the Disney s comic book cartoon series, Monster Allergy.ProtagonistsInfobox character colour = blue name = Ezekiel Zick caption = Ezekiel Zick first = House of Monsters last = The Horn of Kong alias = Zick… …
33Glaver — The Glaver are a fictional extraterrestrial race from David Brin s Uplift Universe.General InformationThe Glavers are a small race, reptilian in appearance with opalescent skin, their bulbous eyes are independent of each other, and swivel in a… …
34angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …
35kraft process — Chem. See sulfate process. * * * Chemical method for producing wood pulp using caustic soda and sodium sulfide as the liquor in which the pulpwood is cooked to loosen the fibres. The process (from German kraft, strong ) produces particularly… …
36pepsin — /pep sin/, n. Biochem. 1. an enzyme, produced in the stomach, that in the presence of hydrochloric acid splits proteins into proteoses and peptones. 2. a commercial form of this substance, obtained from the stomachs of hogs, used as a digestive,… …
37Holley, Robert William — born Jan. 28, 1922, Urbana, Ill., U.S. died Feb. 11, 1993, Los Gatos, Calif. U.S. biochemist. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University. Holley and others showed that transfer RNA was involved in the assembly of amino acids into proteins. He… …
38Vaucanson, Jacques de — born Feb. 24, 1709, Grenoble, France died Nov. 21, 1782, Paris French inventor. In 1739 he constructed an automaton, The Duck, which imitated not only the motions of a live duck but also the motions of drinking, eating, and digesting. An… …
39carnivorous plant — Any of about 400 diverse species of plants specially adapted for capturing insects and other tiny animals by ingenious pitfalls and traps and for digesting the nitrogen rich animal proteins to obtain nutrients. These adaptations are thought to… …
40pancreatic cancer — Malignant tumour of the pancreas. Risk factors include smoking, a diet high in fat, exposure to certain industrial products, and diseases such as diabetes and chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatic cancer is more common in men. Symptoms often do not… …
