Medical Definition of Acetone-butanol fermentation

1. The formation of acetone and butanol through the fermentation of glucose by Clostridium acetobutylicum. However, most industrial plants make acetone and butanol through synthetic processes that use petrochemicals. (06 May 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acetone-butanol Fermentation

acetohexamide reductase
acetohydroxamic acid
acetoin
acetoin dehydrogenase
acetokinase
acetol
acetolactate synthase
acetolysis
acetol dehydrogenase
acetomenaphthone
acetometer
acetonaemia
acetonaemic
acetone
acetone
acetone-butanol fermentation (current term)
acetone-insoluble antigen
acetonemia
acetones
acetone body
acetone body
acetone carboxylase
acetone chloroform
acetone compound
acetone fixative
acetone monooxygenase
acetone test
acetonic
acetonitrile
acetonitrile

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