How to Use biogenic in a Sentence

biogenic

adjective

• 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
• First is biogenic methane, produced by bacteria that digest organic materials in manure, landfills and wastewater.
  — Emily Grubert, The Conversation, 6 July 2020
• 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

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024