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Meaning Of Saccharomyces
n.
A genus of budding fungi, the various species of
which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up
sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in
producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is
the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula.