saccharomyces

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  1. noun Any of several single-celled yeasts belonging to the genus Saccharomyces that lack a true mycelium and many of which ferment sugar.

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  • It is a symbiotic colony of several cultures, which include genus saccharomyces yeast and xylinum bacteria. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Let us next introduce a trace of ferment into the liquid, through the other neck, which, as we have described, is terminated by a small piece of india-rubber tube closed with a glass stopper Here are the details of such an experiment On December 9th, 1873, we sowed some pure ferment--saccharomyces pastorianus. —  The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)
  • On December 9th, 1873, we sowed some pure ferment -- saccharomyces pastorianus. —  The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)
  • Computational times of the method are comparable with those by GETAREA, one of the fastest exact analytical methods available today. (c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem, 2007. 3d algorithm analysis bacillus betweeness bioinformatics cluster domain ecoli egfr essential evolution gene genetic_interaction gnutella graph grid hiv imaging informatics inheritance interaction language mashup metabolic method multiple-knockout network pathway phosphorylation ppi prediction programming protein-structure regulatory review robustness saccharomyces signaling software structure tool topology transcript virus visualize yeast CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The predictive power appears robust, as several of these regions have also been implicated in mouse, suggesting that these regions represent primary targets for the development of SNPs for linkage disequilibrium testing in humans and / or provide a means to select specific models for additional functional studies and the development of new therapeutics. biogeography cerevisiae domestication ecology evolution experimental_evolution fungi genomics human insect microbial_ecology mtdna natural_history numts phenotypes phylogenetics pop_gen population primate qtls saccharomyces speciation yeast CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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  1. New Latin Saccharomycēs, genus name : saccharo- + Greek mukēs, fungus.
 

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