How to Use biogenic in a Sentence

biogenic

adjective
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  • Those traces came in the form of biogenic graphite—rock that carries telltale signs it’s been modified by life.
    — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Old rocks like these are often tested for traces of biogenic graphite, a version of graphite only produced by living things.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 27 Sep. 2017
  • The biogenic polyamine complex is included in Fast Lean Pro to help with fat breakdown and support cell renewal.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 May 2023
  • These pungent chemicals, called biogenic amines, are found in all sorts of foods and drinks and serve as chemical messengers.
    — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2013
  • Ozone alters the biogenic volatile organic compounds that are emitted by plants, everything from isoprene to terpenes.
    — Jim Robbins, Wired, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Species far older than us, microbes mostly, have evolved over millennia to coexist with, and even to synthesize and break down, specific types of biogenic halocarbons.
    — Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
  • The High Altitude Facial ($230), for example, incorporates a lemon cream cleanse, a papaya pineapple mask and biogenic topical serums to revitalize and smooth the skin.
    — Sarah Kuta, The Know, 30 July 2019
  • An analysis of graphite found in Canada's Labrador region showed that the material was biogenic — meaning it was created by living organisms.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Agricultural accounts for half of the country’s total emissions, including 91% of its biogenic emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas with more than 80 times the global warming power of carbon dioxide in the short term.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 11 Oct. 2022
  • No matter what, the report of finding this stinky, toxic, perhaps biogenic gas on our neighbor Venus will advance the science of atmospheric biosignature detection.
    — David Grinspoon, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Through the biogenic cycle, plants can use methane emissions to perform photosynthesis and fix the carbon back into cellulose, which cattle can then consume as part of a continuing, closed-loop cycle that is roughly a decade in length.
    — Brian Devore, Star Tribune, 28 Apr. 2021
  • In the European Union, only the biogenic fraction of municipal solid waste is considered renewable.
    — Elizabeth Royte, National Geographic, 12 Mar. 2019
  • Adding in this biogenic limestone can make concrete carbon neutral, and potentially carbon negative, by pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Ciaunica says this research aims to explore intelligence through a biogenic lens instead of the traditional, more narrow anthropogenic lens.
    — Andrea Morris, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • Emerson recently proposed using aircraft to distribute a fine iron dust produced by iron-eating bacteria, called biogenic oxide.
    — Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Synthetic materials such as plastics have increased, while biogenic, compostable materials such as paper and yard trimmings have decreased.
    — Ana Baptista, The Conversation, 20 June 2019
  • By growing calcium carbonate through photosynthesis, the biogenic limestone can replace quarried limestone.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Some biogenic methane is generated naturally when organic materials break down without oxygen.
    — Emily Grubert, The Conversation, 6 July 2020

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