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metschnikowiaceous

metschnikowiaceous adjective: of or relating to the family Metschnikowiaceae of yeasts.

Adjective

metschnikowiaceous (not comparable)

  1. (rare, relational) Of or relating to the family Metschnikowiaceae of yeasts.
    • In the process, strains of Metschnikowia reukaufii were recovered from azalea nectar whereas the jessamine nectars yielded strains of Candida rancoensis as well as a new asexual species with metschnikowiaceous affinities, which we now describe as Candida gelsemii.2007, Jessamyn S. Manson, Marc-André Lachance, James D. Thomson, 'Candida gelsemii sp. nov., a yeast of the Metschnikowiaceae clade isolated from nectar of the poisonous Carolina jessamine

Origin of metschnikowiaceous

From Metschnikowiaceae + -ous.

Questions about metschnikowiaceous

What does metschnikowiaceous mean?
Metschnikowiaceous means of or relating to the family Metschnikowiaceae of yeasts.
What part of speech is metschnikowiaceous?
Metschnikowiaceous is an adjective.

Words near metschnikowiaceous in the dictionary

  1. metrotomes
  2. metrotomy
  3. mets
  4. Mets Yeghern
  5. Metsamor
  6. metschnikowiaceous
  7. metshelo
  8. Metsho
  9. Metson
  10. Metsovo
  11. Metsovon

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