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Crabtree effect

Crabtree effect noun: the phenomenon whereby the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, produces ethanol in aerobic conditions at high external glucose concentrations rather than aerobically producing biomass via the tricarboxylic acid cycle as it's common in most yeasts.

Noun

Crabtree effect (plural Crabtree effects)

  1. The phenomenon whereby the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, produces ethanol in aerobic conditions at high external glucose concentrations rather than aerobically producing biomass via the tricarboxylic acid cycle as it's common in most yeasts.

Forms of Crabtree effect

pluralCrabtree effects

Origin of Crabtree effect

Named after biologist Herbert Grace Crabtree, whose study of the carbohydrate metabolism of tumours led the discovery of the effect.

Questions about Crabtree effect

What does Crabtree effect mean?
Crabtree effect means the phenomenon whereby the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, produces ethanol in aerobic conditions at high external glucose concentrations rather than aerobically producing biomass via the tricarboxylic acid cycle as it's common in most yeasts.
What part of speech is Crabtree effect?
Crabtree effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Crabtree effect?
The plural of Crabtree effect is Crabtree effects.

Words near Crabtree effect in the dictionary

  1. crabstick
  2. crabsticks
  3. crabstone
  4. crabstones
  5. crabtree
  6. Crabtree effect
  7. Crabtree effects
  8. crabtrees
  9. crabwalk
  10. crabwalked
  11. crabwalking

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