How to Use chitin in a Sentence

chitin

noun

• The chitin for use on Mars, the study said, could come from insects.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Sep. 2020
• Don’t bother fighting with the tails — that bit of crunchy chitin is a bonus.
  — Dominic Armato, azcentral, 20 Nov. 2019
• It’s made of fibres of chitin, the same substance that makes up most of the mantis shrimp’s shell.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2012
• That food is the ancient worms’ fossilized tubes, which are made of protein and chitin (the same stuff crustaceans use to make their shells).
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 8 Feb. 2022
• One of the tunnels then fills with chitin and solidifies.
  — Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2021
• The authors said that the extraction of chitin would be a byproduct of the crew's food supply and consumption.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Sep. 2020
• The scales of chitin (a polysaccharide common to insects) are arranged like roof tiles.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2020
• And while no one so far has attempted synthesizing chitin in the lab, who knows what the future might hold.
  — Miriam Fauzia, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2022
• But Western media still let out an audible cringe at the thought of crunching down on chitin.
  — Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2013
• Perhaps the biggest hurdle is the chitin, which is tough to produce is large quantities.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2018
• As chitin, proteins and DNA are broken into smaller molecules, the trap must move them from the outside world to the inside of the plant.
  — Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2022
• Unlike plants, the cell walls of mushrooms are lined with a fibrous substance called chitin, which makes them strong and flexible.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 22 Sep. 2017
• What contributes to a mushroom’s unique texture is the chitin that is contained within its cell walls.
  — Catherine Hu, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2015
• The exoskeleton of crabs contains chitin, one of the most abundant biodegradable materials in the world.
  — Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Jan. 2018
• Like all insects, ants have exoskeletons made of chitin, which is tough and flexible.
  — National Geographic, 25 Nov. 2020
• The worm tubes are made of chitin and tough proteins, but the sponge microbes have just the right enzymes to break down these normally indigestible substances.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2022
• Finally, the mantis shrimp’s club has chitin fibres wrapped around its sides (green in the image), which compress the entire structure and, again, slows the spread of any cracks.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2012
• Both fungi and insects use the polysaccharide chitin to build cell walls, while plants use cellulose.
  — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
• Adding products containing chitin to the soil can help reduce problems.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2015
• In nature, scales of chitin (a polysaccharide common to insects) are arranged like roof tiles.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2022
• These sprout from trees that the fungi are in the process of consuming from the inside out, transforming lignin and cellulose into chitin.
  — Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2012
• Loron’s team also identified fibrous chitin in their cell walls.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2019
• Each salt-baked crab was neatly quartered into segments, the delicate crunch of chitin and fresh green chili giving way to fleeting bits of sweet flesh.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2022
• The brilliant white of its scales does not derive from a pigment, but rather from intricate networks of chitin filaments.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 15 Mar. 2018
• Some of the animal ingredients used during the fining process are casein, chitin, egg whites, gelatin, and isinglass (from the swim bladders of fish).
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
• The first layer of protection is a thin covering of the mineral hydroxyapatite, found in hair and teeth and in the chitin that forms insect shells.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2018
• That’s because butterflies’ chitin covering is strong—and the addition of the wax layer weakens it.
  — Anil Oza, Science | AAAS, 22 June 2021
• The key ingredient is chitin -- a fibrous substance that is a component of cell walls in fungi, the exoskeletons of crustaceans and insects, and the scales of fish and amphibians.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Sep. 2020
• The researchers found their answer in a mix of cellulose fibers and chitin, a material commonly found in many animal shells.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2018
• Researchers found that a particular arm of the immune system is involved in chitin digestion.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023

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