solventogenic en · ADJ
Etymology
From solvent + -o- + -genic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) That biochemically synthesizes solvents (typically alcohols)
We also added aromatic and aspartic family amino acids, as well as their combinations, into the anaerobic bottles based ABE fermentation broth when it entered into solventogenic phase at 24 h, attempting to improve ABE fermentation performance.
2015 October 22, “Enhancing Butanol Production under the Stress Environments of Co-Culturing Clostridium acetobutylicum/Saccharomyces cerevisiae Integrated with Exogenous Butyrate Addition”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: