fermentative
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6.7
About tiny living things like bacteria or yeast that change food, like yogurt
- adjective
- /fərˈmɛntətɪv/
- Specialized
:
fermentativo
- In the brewery, fermentative yeast converts the sugars in malt into beer.
Examples
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The fermentative bacteria in yogurt help to create its tangy flavor.
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The fermentative process involves microorganisms that break down sugars into alcohol.
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And we're ethanol is an alternative fermentative product and so the reactions to make ethanol is basically this.
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In Step 1, fermentative bacteria acidify putrescibles and establish a low pH.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
9.9
Causing fermentation, usually by tiny living things like yeast
relates to causing fermentation mainly by microorganisms rather than enzymes
How Fermentative
zymolytic
- Specialized
fermentative
1
6.7
- Specialized
1
6.7
Surface Forms
fermentative positive
Morphology
Etymology
Fermentative comes from the word ferment, which originally meant 'leaven' — the thing that makes bread rise. So fermentative describes something, like yeast or bacteria, that causes fermentation and brings chemical change in food or liquids.