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Crabtree effects

Crabtree effects is the plural of Crabtree effect.

Meaning of Crabtree effect

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.

Questions about Crabtree effects

What is Crabtree effects the plural of?
Crabtree effects is the plural of Crabtree effect.

Words near Crabtree effects in the dictionary

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

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