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Does using living organisms as manufacturing devices, as opposed to end product, qualify for this? I mean a situation when a living organism is used to biologically create objects that aren't alive - like a tree that naturally grows wooden chairs to be gathered and used. A Real Life example of earthworms used to synthesize molecules: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21728984.300-earthworms-roped-into-making-quantum-dots.html