PASTEUR EFFECT


Meaning of PASTEUR EFFECT in English

paˈstər- noun

Usage: usually capitalized P

Etymology: after Louis Pasteur died 1895 French chemist and bacteriologist

: the inhibiting effect of oxygen upon a fermentative process (as one carried on by facultative anaerobic organisms)

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