Industrial Fermentation

2 words in this vocabulary list

noun the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat

  • The process of fermentation is used in the production of various food and beverage products.
  • My grandma makes the best pickles using fermentation.
  • I heard that kombucha is made through some crazy fermentation process.
  • Just like how ideas ferment in the mind, the grapes undergo fermentation to create wine.

adjective relating to or denoting bacteria that produce acetic acid as a metabolic byproduct

  • Acetogenic bacteria are capable of converting organic compounds into acetate through a metabolic process.
  • I read that acetogenic bacteria can turn organic stuff into acetate.
  • Those acetogenic bugs can change regular stuff into acetate, it's wild.
  • Her creativity was like an acetogenic process, turning ordinary ideas into brilliant solutions.