I don't exactly know how to put this in scientific terms, but it is a wet cough which when completed, has brought up phlegm enough to fill a handkerchief. It is the last stage of a common cold before it goes away.
Yes, a company can own an organism. There was a time when it was not allowed for a company to have ownership of an organism but now it's possible including the selling of the said organism to bidders. The person can patent that changed organism provided that the organism has not been patented before.
I believe the answer is A. 68
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