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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The single cell which constitutes a yeast-plant, Saccharomyces cerevisiæ.
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Examples
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Observations on the pure pentoses -- xylose and arabinose added to dextrose solutions, and then exposed to yeast action -- show that in a vigorous fermentation not unduly prolonged the pentoses are unaffected, but that they do come within the influence of the yeast-cell when the latter is in a less vigorous condition, and when the hexoses are not present in relatively large proportion.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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One yeast-cell does not make a fermentation, and as no yeast is added a day is wasted whilst any yeasts which happen to be present are multiplying to an army large enough to produce a visible effect on the pulp.
Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer Arthur William Knapp
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We may add in praise of M. Bouchardats sagacity, that that skilful observer has always considered these results as a proof that alcoholic fermentation is dependent on the life of the yeast-cell, and that a distinction should be made between the two orders of fermentation.
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But you may urge that there must have been a time when the first yeast-cell was generated.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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And could every individual yeast-cell seize, without any impediment, free oxygen from the surrounding liquid, it is certain that it would cease to act as a ferment altogether.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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a proof that alcoholic fermentation is dependent on the life of the yeast-cell, and that a distinction should be made between the two orders of fermentation.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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