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xylose

[zahy-lohs] / ˈzaɪ loʊs /


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The swashing effect begins when bacteria consume fermentable sugars such as glucose, maltose, or xylose.

From Science Daily Mar. 13, 2026

In the wild, the yeast strain of interest, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, prefers glucose and lacks the ability to metabolize xylose.

From Science Daily Feb. 5, 2024

The team started with basically a starvation diet of xylose, a sugar, along with formate and CO2.

From Science Magazine Nov. 27, 2019

Work remains to be done to fill in the gaps in explaining how xylose isomerase affects the level of trehalose in the fruit fly and the activity of octopamine-producing neurons in the brain.

From Nature Oct. 23, 2018

By relying only on the production of the purple colour, however, a mistake might possibly arise, owing to the fact that xylose gives a somewhat similar colour after standing for a few hours.

From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.




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