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Pasteur's fluid

Pasteur's fluid proper noun: an artificial nutrient fluid invented for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water.

Proper noun

Pasteur's fluid

  1. An artificial nutrient fluid invented for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water.

Origin of Pasteur's fluid

After Louis Pasteur, its inventor.

Questions about Pasteur's fluid

What does Pasteur's fluid mean?
Pasteur's fluid means an artificial nutrient fluid invented for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water.
What part of speech is Pasteur's fluid?
Pasteur's fluid is a proper noun.

Words near Pasteur's fluid in the dictionary

  1. Pasteur
  2. Pasteur effect
  3. Pasteur effects
  4. Pasteur pipette
  5. Pasteur pipettes
  6. Pasteur's fluid
  7. pasteurellacean
  8. pasteurelloses
  9. pasteurellosis
  10. Pasteurian
  11. pasteurisable

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