(n.) The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it.
(n.) A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thirty-two strains of pectin-fermenting rumen bacteria were isolated from bovine rumen contents in a rumen fluid medium which contained pectin as the only added energy source.
(2) We investigated the possible contribution made by oropharyngeal microfloral fermentation of ingested carbohydrate to the generation of the early, transient exhaled breath hydrogen rise seen after carbohydrate ingestion.
(3) The cell fermentation culture with a stabilized pH value was better than the culture with the pH value changing spontaneously on saponin content, growth rate and biomass.
(4) Forty-five enteropathogenic (enteropathogenic Escherichia coli-like) strains isolated in commercial rabbit farms were subdivided into four biotypes with the help of six carbohydrate fermentation tests, ornithine decarboxylase tests, and motility tests.
(5) The different hydrolytic, fermentative and methanogenic activities of these populations ensure the efficient degradation of cell wall constituent in forages (cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin) ingested by ruminants.
(6) The addition of sodium bicarbonate to gum containing sorbitol markedly enhanced its capacity to cause and maintain an elevation of interproximal plaque pH previously lowered by exposure to fermentable carbohydrate.
(7) The test organisms included 218 gram-negative fermentative clinical isolates.
(8) An investigation was done on the action in vitro of two pharmaceutical preparations containing Bi, De Nol and Pepto Bismol, on the fermentative capacity of intestinal bacteria.
(9) Acid production by carbohydrate fermentation increases urease production by Klebsiella: pH 4 is the most convenient pH for urease synthesis by these bacteria.
(10) These percentages suggest that a better fermentation took place in those silages containing forages.
(11) These swine were compared to four groups fed the medicated diet to determine the effect of duration of treatment and degree of animal isolation on the persistence of resistance in lactose-fermenting enteric organisms.
(12) These cocultures can be considered as metabolic associations, where the Bacillus produces degradation and fermentation products of pectin, which can be used by Azospirillum species.
(13) To show the decisive role of the inoculum parameters in regulation of the specificity of the secondary synthesis, the dynamics of accumulation of certain metabolites forming from glucose along with the main antibiotic and the activity of the key enzymes of the carbohydrate metabolism during the culture growth in the fermentation media were studied.
(14) When fermented in preferential media it produces geldanamycin, nigericin, nocardamine, and a libanamycin-like activity.
(15) Aerobic growth of even the latter strain was largely fermentative (ca.
(16) In trial with adult wethers and weaned lambs the effect of enzymatic preparation Pektofoetidin G3x (mostly pectinase and cellulase) on rumen fermentation was studied.
(17) Microbial fermentation and nutrient degradation in the rumen were reduced by saponins.
(18) The increase in membrane resistance at low pH allowed S. bovis to maintain its membrane potential and expend less energy when its ability to ferment glucose was impaired.
(19) Changes in the fermentative activity of C. albicans as dependent on the incubation time with the antibiotic were studied.
(20) The level of lactate dehydrogenase, which is dependent upon ketohexose diphosphate for activity, decreased as fermentation became heterolactic with Streptococcus lactis ML(3).
Rancidity
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor, as of old oil.
Example Sentences:
(1) Just a few months ago, the New York Times reported that the Obama administration has re-defined the term "militant" to mean: "all military-age males in a strike zone" - the ultimate expression of the rancid dehumanizing view that Muslims are inherently guilty of being Terrorists unless proven otherwise.
(2) In experiments on 370 gerbils (Meriones tamariscinus) and 56 albino rats, studies have been made on the effects of vitamin E, rancid cod-liver oil and unsaturated fatty acids (oleic, oxidated oleic and linoleic) upon the permeability of erythrocyte membrane.
(3) The point at which peak exposure occurs during the grain inspection process has been identified as the off odor test in which the inspector smells the grain sample for rancidity, sourness, etc.
(4) David Miliband was right, in his well-judged Commons performance : this is a "rancid" law.
(5) When rancid lard was used and pigs were exposed to the effects of stress factors from the 55th day of the trail, signs of affected walking and lack of appetite were observed.
(6) I should point out this happened at a party conference and the hotel was rancid with politicos and hacks.
(7) Oxidative rancidity in herring and redfish was studied as a function of the applied irradiation dose, the storage time and storage temperature and the packaging conditions.--Measurements of the TBA (thiobarbituric acid) value and the peroxide value were used to evaluate the degree of oxidation of lipids, and were related with sensory scores.--Especially for the fatty fish species (herring) irradiation accelerated lipid oxidation and induced oxidative rancidity.
(8) The physical characteristics of the premixes were also acceptable, with the exception of the one containing soybean oil which became caked and rancid.
(9) For the experiments conducted on a semi-fatty fish (redfish), oxidative rancidity was never the limiting factor for organoleptic acceptability.
(10) Every speech has lines praising hardworking migrants, of course, but the overall tone of this cowardly discourse emits a rancid stench.
(11) Corynebacterium bovis is a gram-positive rod which can cause bovine mastitis and rancidity in cream.
(12) Hopefully, sickened by the rancid, greedy human dross that runs and ruins our country, we will start to turn, respectfully, in our thousands to dogs, for a while, or even to the exclusion of anything else, because a dog is a flawless innocent.
(13) We have already gone through the excruciating experience of having the Queen herself wean us off the teat of the British honours system, a fixture of Australian distinction and chivalry that remained well after those fruity awards had turned rancid.
(14) The rancid fish-oil flavour of autoxidized tetraene, pentaene and hexaene fatty acid esters disappears during storage or heating with free amino acids or proteins.
(15) That precis doesn't quite evoke the tone of the attack: another Twitter feminist defended Lewis later with: "It is never OK to call another woman a vicious rancid bitch."
(16) The results show that added neutral and oxidized lipids, even at high rancidity levels, do not affect shear resistances measured by the Kramer shear-compression cell in non-formaldehyde forming species such as megrim and sardine, over the frozen storage period.
(17) Its activity varies widely between individual milk samples, and there is a high correlation between its activity and the development of hydrolytic rancidity in the milk on storage.
(18) Rancidity development in feeds and feed ingredients reduces the feeds' nutritive value and produces toxic peroxides.
(19) David Miliband said as much in 2013 when he attacked the coalition’s “rancid” plan to hold benefit rises below the rate of inflation, and observed that the same savings could be made simply by not giving tax relief on millionaires’ pension savings.
(20) Infectious complications following delivery were, in the past, attributed to "milk fever": these were milk congestion, milk deposits, rancid milk, etc., that were held responsible.