Carboxylases (sensu stricto) are enzymes that catalyze the incorporation of a CO2 molecule into an organic substrate. (Erb TJ. Carboxylases in natural and synthetic microbial pathways. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Dec;77(24):8466-77. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05702-11. Epub 2011 Oct 14. PMID: 22003013; PMCID: PMC3233076.)
An ecological term for any meat-eating animal, including non-carnivorans such as dolphins and non-mammals such as crocodiles. (Adapted from American Museum of Natural History Hall of North American Mammals Educator's Guide - Featuring Carnivorans, https://www.amnh.org/content/download/47691/730310/file/hall-of-north-american-mammals-educator-s-guide-featuring-carnivorans.pdf)
The seeds, embedded in the thick fleshy sugar-rich pods, are small and very hard. The whole dry fruit is crushed into flour which is used for human food but mainly for animal feed. The main use is in the food industry, for its properties as thickening and gelatinizing agent. Also used by the non-food industry. (Adapted from Core Commodities Concepts and Definitions, FAO, 1996.)
A reddish-orange plastid pigment involved in light reactions in photosynthesis. (Glossary of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, FAO Research and Technology Paper No. 7, Rome, 1999)
Potato snack product that is thinly sliced and fried (includes foods called potato chips in some regions including North America). (FAO & WHO. 2009. Code of Practice for the Reduction of Acrylamide in Foods. CAC/RCP 67-2009. Codex Alimentarius Commission. Rome. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius)
