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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

heterofermentative en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English fermentative English heterofermentative From hetero- + fermentative.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a microorganism) That undergoes fermentation to produce more than one product, e.g. both alcohol and lactic acid.

Coordinates

heterofermentation

Relateds

heterofermentation · homofermentative