putrefactive
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This makes food acidic and prevents the growth of putrefactive and pathogenic bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023
The conquerors of those otherwise triumphant Martians were, he reported, "the putrefactive and disease bacteria against which their systems were unprepared."
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2021
The other characters were marvels not just of makeup but also of comic sympathy; Sherman Klump and his pudgy, putrefactive family had humor and heart.
From Time Magazine Archive
What is commonly called "ptomaine poisoning" is poisoning from foods which contain putrefactive bacteria.
From Time Magazine Archive
The acetous acid is the produce of a peculiar fermentation of vegetable substances, succeeding the vinous, in which ardent spirit it is procured, and succeeded by the putrefactive, in which volatile alkali is generated.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
