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Antarctic krill, whose species comprises roughly 0.66% of the Earth's biomass, the highest of any single animal species.

Switchgrass, a hardy plant used in the biofuel industry in the United States

Rice chaff

Biomass is a basic term in ecology, and in the energy production industry.Organic waste such as dead plant and animal material, animal dung and kitchen waste can be converted into gaseous fuel called biogas. The organic waste is decomposed by bacteria in biogas digesters to emit biogas which is essentially a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide.