SACCHAROMYCES


Meaning of SACCHAROMYCES in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -rō-ˈmī-(ˌ)sēz ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from sacchar- + -myces fungus, from Greek mykēs — more at myc-

Date: 1873

: any of a genus ( Saccharomyces of the family Saccharomycetaceae) of usually 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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