vinegar bacterium

  • 1Bacterium lactis — Fermentation Fer men*ta tion (f[ e]r m[e^]n*t[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. fermentation.] 1. The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance… …

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  • 2vinegar-plant — vinˈegar plant noun A bacterium causing acetic fermentation • • • Main Entry: ↑vinegar …

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  • 3vinegar-plant — /ˈvɪnɪgə plænt/ (say viniguh plant), / nə / (say nuh ) noun a bacterium, Acetobacter xylinum, causing acetic fermentation …

  • 4Anthrax — For other uses, see Anthrax (disambiguation). Anthrax Classification and external resources Microphotograph of a Gram stain of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, the cause of the anthrax disease …

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  • 5microbiology — microbiological /muy kroh buy euh loj i keuhl/, microbiologic, adj. microbiologically, adv. microbiologist, n. /muy kroh buy ol euh jee/, n. the branch of biology dealing with the structure, function, uses, and modes of existence of microscopic… …

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  • 6bacteria — bacterial, adj. bacterially, adv. /bak tear ee euh/, n.pl., sing. bacterium / tear ee euhm/. ubiquitous one celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom …

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  • 7Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety.       In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …

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  • 8Уксусное брожение — состоит в превращении спирта в уксусную кислоту C2H6O + О = Н2О + С2H4О (альдегид); С2H4О + О = С2Н4O2 (уксусная кислота). Если оставить на воздухе сосуд со слабым спиртовым раствором, напр. пивом, вином и т. п., то по прошествии некоторого… …

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  • 9evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… …

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  • 10Bacteria — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Bacteria fossil range = Archean or earlier Recent image width = 210px image caption = Escherichia coli image is 8 micrometres wide. domain = Bacteria subdivision ranks = Phyla [cite web… …

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