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Saccharomyces

Saccharomyces

7.2
A yeast made of one cell that turns sugar into gas and alcohol in bread and beer
  • noun
  • /ˌsækəˈroʊmaɪsiːz/
  • Specialized
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  • The Saccharomyces yeast ferments the sugars in the dough, helping the bread rise during baking.

Examples

  • That's those are pictures of yeast Saccharomyces that are used in baking bread or in brewing beer or or making wine.

  • Brewers often rely on Saccharomyces to convert sugars into alcohol during the fermentation process.

  • So this is Saccharomyces Bulardi, if I'm getting that right, Plus MOSMOS is men and oligosaccharides.

  • In winemaking, Saccharomyces is essential for transforming grape sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide.

Synonyms

yeast
vsSaccharomyces
  • Specialized
68 1.1

A very small living thing used in baking and brewing to make dough rise or ferment drinks

is a specific genus of single celled fungi used to ferment sugars

Compounds

Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A yeast used to turn sugar into gas and alcohol for bread and beer

Saccharomyces ellipsoides
  • Specialized
8.5

A yeast that turns grape juice into wine

Surface Forms

Saccharomyces singular
Saccharomyceses plural

Morphology

Saccharomyces = saccharo + myces

The term is a scientific Latin/Greek compound ('saccharo-' 'myces') whose components are combining forms not used as standalone English words, so an average B1 learner cannot derive the genus meaning from its parts.

Etymology

Saccharomyces comes from Greek parts saccharo- meaning 'sugar' and myces meaning 'fungus' or 'mushroom', so it literally says 'sugar fungus' and that helps you remember these yeasts eat sugar to make dough rise and to ferment beer.