Saccharomyces

Definition: Saccharomyces

Saccharomyces

Noun

1. Single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates.

Etymology: Saccharomyces \Sac`cha*ro*my"ces\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression sugar + fungus.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Saccharomyces

Domain	Definitions
Health	A genus of ascomycetous fungi of the family Saccharomycetaceae, order saccharomycetales. (references)
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Synonym: Saccharomyces

Synonym: genus Saccharomyces (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Saccharomyces

English words defined with "Saccharomyces": genus Saccharomyces ♦ Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces ellipsoides, Saccharomycetes ♦ Torula ♦ Yeast plant. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Saccharomyces": African glanders ♦ cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein, Yeast ♦ epizootic lymphangitis ♦ Genes, Fungal ♦ Histoplasma farciminosum infection ♦ Japanese farcy ♦ Lymphangitis epizootica ♦ Neapolitan farcy ♦ Protein p34cdc2, pseudofarcy, pseudoglanders ♦ Totivirus ♦ Yeast, Dried. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Saccharomyces

Domain	Title
Books	Genetische Kontrolle Der Flockulation Unter Besonderer Beruecksichtigung Der Hefe Saccharomyces Cerevisae (Bibliotheca Mycologica, Vol 118) (reference) Molecular Biology of Saccharomyces (reference) Saccharomyces (Biotechnology Handbooks, Vol 4) (reference) The Metabolism and Molecular Physiology of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae (reference) The Molecular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces, Life Cycle and Inheritance (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Saccharomyces

"Saccharomyces" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Saccharomyces" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	13	97,576

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Saccharomyces

Expressions using "Saccharomyces": genus Saccharomyces ♦ Saccharomyces cerevisiae ♦ Saccharomyces ellipsoides. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Saccharomyces

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
saccharomyces cerevisiae	54
saccharomyces	38
saccharomyces boulardii	17
saccharomyces genome database	7
saccharomyces cerevisae	5
cerevisiae etanol por saccharomyces	2
saccharomyces systematics	2
cereviseae saccharomyces	2
saccharomyces cerevisiae picture	2
pastorianus saccharomyces	2
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Modern Translations: Saccharomyces

Language		Translations for "Saccharomyces"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		酵母菌. (various references)

Danish		saccharomyces. (various references)

Dutch		saccharomyceten. (various references)

Finnish		Saccharomyces. (various references)

French		saccharomyces, saccharomycètes. (various references)

German		saccharomyces. (various references)

Greek		σακχαρομύκητας. (various references)

Italian		saccharomyces, saccaromiceti. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		酵母 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, yeast). (various references)

Pig Latin		accharomycessay.(various references)

Portuguese		saccharomyces. (various references)

Spanish		Saccharomyces. (various references)

Swedish		Saccharomyces. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Saccharomyces"

Words rhyming with "Saccharomyces" (pronounced 'Sac`cha*ro*my"ces'): Altrices, Apieces, Faeces, Fasces, Gastromyces, Rapaces, Vibices. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Saccharomyces

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-e-h-m-o-r-s-s-y"
	-4 letters: accessary, accessory, caroaches, sycamores.
	-5 letters: carcases, caroches, charases, coachers, hearsays, marchesa, massacre, mayoress, sarcomas, schmears, scorches, sycamore, yashmacs.
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