Lexic.us

Definition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1. Noun. Used as a leaven in baking and brewing.

Medical Definition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1. A species of yeast which is an important model organism for biological study, particularly for genetics and molecular biology. The entire genome of this species has been base sequenced and it is used to do research on the basic cellular mechanics of replication, recombination, cell division and metabolism. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is also economically important in the food industry, where it is used to ferment grain sugars to make beer and as baker's yeast for baking bread or making other food which requires rising by gas bubbles of carbon dioxide. It is also sometimes taken as a vitamin supplement for protein, the B vitamins, and folic acid. (17 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Literary usage of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles Edward Marshall (1917)
"saccharomyces cerevisiae showing vacuoles and metachromatic ... Saccharomyces cerevisiae showing cells with nuclei, nuclear division and ..."

2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1898)
"It was found that saccharomyces cerevisiae is able to ferment only those sugars which contain three, six, or nine atoms of carbon in the molecule, ..."

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