SACCHAROMYCES


Meaning of SACCHAROMYCES in English

[sac.cha.ro.my.ces] n [NL, fr. sacchar- + -myces fungus, fr. Gk mykes--more at myc-] (1873): any of a genus (Saccharomyces of the family Saccharomycetaceae) of usu. unicellular yeasts (as a brewer's yeast) that are distinguished by their sparse or absent mycelium and by their facility in reproducing asexually by budding

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