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• n  procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using chemical agents

• chemical defense

News & Articles

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• Molluscs vs. bacteria: New finding on marine natural products biosynthesis
  The gastropod mollusc Scaphander lignarius -- a marine invertebrate found in North Atlantic and Mediterranean water -- is the first organism, besides bacteria, in which the biosynthesis of lignarenones, organic molecules involved in organism's chemical defence, has been identified.
  July 25, 2013 - Science Daily