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S and N in organic carbon source are transformed into H 2 S and NH 4 + through desulfurylation and deamination, respectively. [41] [40] Heterotrophs also allow for dephosphorylation as part of decomposition. [40] The conversion of N and S from organic form to inorganic form is a critical part of the nitrogen and sulfur cycle.
In some countries like the United Kingdom, the term "natural" is defined and regulated; [2] in others, such as the United States, the term natural is not enforced for food labels, although there is USDA regulation of organic labeling. [3] The term is assumed to describe foods having ingredients that are intrinsic to an unprocessed food. [4] [5]
Organic food sales have grown by 17 to 20 percent a year in the early 2000s [141] while sales of conventional food have grown only about 2 to 3 percent a year. [142] The US organic market grew 9.5% in 2011, breaking the $30bn barrier for the first time, and continued to outpace sales of non-organic food. [137]
Amino acids whose chirality is opposite to the norm are found on Earth, and these substances are generally thought to result from decay of organisms of normal chirality. However, physicist Paul Davies speculates that some of them might be products of "anti-chiral" life. [13] It is questionable, however, whether such a biochemistry would be ...
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Organic molecules on the early Earth could have had either terrestrial origins, with organic molecule synthesis driven by impact shocks or by other energy sources, such as ultraviolet light, redox coupling, or electrical discharges; or extraterrestrial origins (pseudo-panspermia), with organic molecules formed in interstellar dust clouds ...
A number of biologists in the early to mid-twentieth century embraced organicism. They wished to reject earlier vitalisms but also to stress that whole organism biology was not fully explainable by atomic mechanism. The larger organization of an organic system has features that must be taken into account to explain its behavior.
Animal-free farming may use organic or non-organic farming methods. However, most detailed discussions of animal-free agriculture currently focus on animal-free organic variants. [4] In the European Union, farmers have a financial incentive to use manure instead of animal-free fertilisers, since manure is subsidised.