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