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saccharomyces

Saccharomyces is a 13 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter S for which we found 1 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A genus of budding fungi the various species of which have the power to a greater or less extent or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in producing fermentation of wine beer etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula.
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