The use of living organisms to control pests or disease. May be a single organism or a combination of a number of different ones.Source: European Commission CUB

includes genetic resources, organisms of parts thereof, populations, or any other biotic component of ecosystems with actual or potential use of value for humanity Source: Convention on Biodiversity (CBD)

Prefix indicating the action of living organisms.

A method of determining the effect of a compound by quantifying its effect on living organisms or their component parts.(Source: ec.europa.eu/research/biosociety/library)

The degree of availability to biodegradation of pollutants in contaminated soil or land.(Source: European Commission CUB)

An enzyme that activates or speeds up a chemical reaction.Source:  Specialized encyclopedia and dictionaries. 

A product produced by chemical reactions in living organisms.                                            (Source: European Commission CUB)

Varied community of organisms living in the same small area, e.g. in the bark of a tree, on a wall, in a pond. (Source: Specialized encyclopedia and dictionaries) 

The microbial mediated process of chemical breakdown of a substance to smaller products caused by micro-organisms or their enzymes.(Source: European Commission CUB)

a synonym of biological diversity, see below. The contracted form 'biodiversity' was apparently coined by W.G. Rosen (1985) for the first planning meeting of the 'National Forum on Biodiversity' held in Washington DC (September 1986), the proceedings of which (E.O. Wilson and F.M. Peter, 1988) brought the notion of biodiversity [..]