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microbiostatic

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  • adjective That inhibits the growth or multiplication of microbiota

Etymologies

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micro- +‎ biostatic

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Examples

  • The sulphur compounds are dispersed in pickling, though their microbiostatic properties appear to have been unwittingly employed in pickle fermentations (e.g., the Korean kimchi).

    Chapter 19 1979

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