What's the difference between hominy and maize?

Hominy


Definition:

  • (n.) Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When rabbit and horse sera were used instead of human serum for cultivation, in both groups the share of positive cultures increased and more large forms of B. hominis cells were observed.
  • (2) It was found that the highly conserved tuf gene was linked to the highly variable mhlmp1 gene in 26 different M. hominis strains.
  • (3) Improved methods for studying the growth of Mycoplasma hominis (ATCC 14027) have been developed, involving modified growth conditions and preparation of the organisms under minimally distorting conditions.
  • (4) Trospectomycin sulphate, a novel analogue of spectinomycin, was compared to spectinomycin, tetracycline, lincosamide, macrolide, quinolone and naphthalenic ansamycin-class antibiotics for in-vitro activity against Mycoplasma pneumoniae, M. hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum.
  • (5) Cyclophosphamide has been shown to potentiate the growth of Herpesvirus hominis in the skin of Webster Schneider mice.
  • (6) The nonglycolytic species, M. hominis and M. arginini, accumulated radiolabeled putrescine and spermidine in both media, whereas the glycolytic species, M. capricolum and A. laidlawii, accumulated only radiolabeled spermidine.
  • (7) A case of disseminated Herpesvirus hominis (type I) in a 23-year-old White man with widespread eczema is reported.
  • (8) When three strains of Mycoplasma arginini, and one strain each of Mycoplasma arthritidis, Mycoplasma fermentans, Mycoplasma gallinarum, Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma hominis were grown in the medium with high arginine concentration (34 mM) compared with low arginine (4 mM), both the protein content of the organisms and the specific activity of arginine deiminase increased.
  • (9) C hominis only causes endocarditis, affects middle-aged individuals with structurally abnormal, left-sided cardiac valves, and follows a subacute course associated with the frequent occurrence of mycotic aneurysms and embolic phenomena.
  • (10) The phospholipids of Mycoplasma hominis type 2 strain 07 are composed almost entirely of phosphatidyl glycerol.
  • (11) Staphylococcus epidermidis accounted for 48% of isolates, S. hemolyticus for 33%, and other species (including S. capitis, S. hominis, S. warneri, S. cohnii, S. simulans, S. xylosus and S. saprophyticus) for the remaining 19%.
  • (12) Indirect hemagglutinating and immunofluorescent antibody responses to Herpesvirus hominis types 1 and 2 were compared to neutralizing antibody responses in infected humans from whom H. hominis type 1 or 2 was isolated.
  • (13) In several experiments calves were infected with sporocysts of Isospora hominis thus producing "thick-walled" cysts of Sarcocystis fusiformis in muscles.
  • (14) Mycoplasma hominis was isolated in 8.8% of the material from the pregnant women and in 1.2% of that from the neonates.
  • (15) Among 52 age comparable healthy women, 44 and 13% were positive for M. hominis by ELISA and MIF respectively.
  • (16) Both M. hominis and T mycoplasmas were isolated from the blood of one woman.
  • (17) In 478 (98.6%) the disease was caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis hominis and in seven (1.4%) M. bovis.
  • (18) Three serologic techniques were developed to detect antibodies to M. hominis: ELISA (IgG, IgM), microimmunofluorescence (MIF) and Western blot.
  • (19) A model of herpetic keratitis with type 1 Herpesvirus hominis was established in the guinea pig.
  • (20) of the men, ureaplasmas from 58 per cent., and Mycoplasma hominis from 7-5 per cent.

Maize


Definition:

  • (n.) A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Their contour lengths varied from 0.28 to 51 micron, but unlike in the case of maize, a large difference was not observed in the distribution of molecular classes greater than 1.0 micron between N and S cytoplasms of sugar beet.
  • (2) The optimum is 30 degrees C for the maize isolate and only 20 degrees C for the haricot bean isolate.
  • (3) The lambs of the second group were given 1200-1500 g of concentrate pellets and 300 g chopped wheat straw, and those of the third group were given 800 and 1050 g each of concentrate pellets, and 540 g and 720 g of pellets of whole maize plant containing 40 per cent.
  • (4) Fumonisins are mycotoxins produced by strains belonging to several different mating populations of Gibberella fujikuroi (anamorphs, Fusarium section Liseola), a major pathogen of maize and sorghum worldwide.
  • (5) Additionally, the component parts of Mu elements exist separately in the maize genome.
  • (6) The orf25 coding region shares greater than 85% identity with orf25 sequences from maize, tobacco and wheat, suggesting that orf25 may code for a conserved protein product.
  • (7) A pollen-specific cDNA clone, Zmc13, has been isolated from a cDNA library constructed to poly(A) RNA from mature maize pollen.
  • (8) In vivo, in vitro, and in situ plant assays are presented, and the maize wx locus assay is discussed.
  • (9) When electroporated into maize protoplasts from a suspension cell line not synthesizing anthocyanins, reporter genes with Bz2, Bz1, and A1 promoters are expressed only when both R and C1 expression plasmids are co-electroporated.
  • (10) The promoter segment of a plant gene (maize alcohol dehydrogenase 1 (Adh 1)) has been fused to two bacterial reporter genes, Ecogpt (1) and neo (2), in pSV2-derived vectors and introduced into cultured mammalian cells by DNA transfection.
  • (11) The primary amino acid sequence of the enzyme exhibits only 25.0% and 21.1% identity with 177 and 151 amino acid residues of maize glutathione S-transferase I and rat glutathione S-transferase Yb2, respectively.
  • (12) In studies with PEPC isolated from leaves of maize, an assay coupled with reduction of OAA to malate was compared with product analysis using high-performance liquid chromatography and an assay based on Pi release.
  • (13) The diet of pre-school children in this region of Kenya consists foremost of maize and milk.
  • (14) of fission neutrons for the induction of yellow-green sectors in maize.
  • (15) In-vitro, PAA showed the best bioadhesive properties, followed by modified maize starch and PEG with a mol.
  • (16) Three trials were conducted at the beginning of lactation, with maize silage, grass silage or grass silage and hay based diets.
  • (17) Each field is like a room: mostly wheat or pasture but occasionally barley, oilseed rape, maize or broad beans.
  • (18) The carboxy-terminal part of the maize homeodomain protein is related to the human Oct2 transcription factor, but homology to the POU specific domain is restricted to the POU-B subdomain.
  • (19) The staples of the poor consisted of one or two bulky carbohydrate meals (derivatives of different species of cocoyam, cassava, yam and maize) eaten with vegetable soup in palm oil, melon seeds, snail, occasional meat and fish.
  • (20) One pair of sheep was fed on the frozen grass and the other pair was fed on the grass-maize pellets.

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