torula

[ tawr-yuh-luh, -uh-luh, tawr- ]

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noun

a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.

Origin of torula¹

< New Latin Torula (1796) a fungus genus, equivalent to Latin tor ( us ) torus + -ula -ule

I have found the Torula in a great variety of syrups which have spontaneously undergone fermentation.

They exactly resemble in everything except the size, the globules of the yeast plant, the Torula Cerevesi.

The yeast, to which he gave the name Saccharomyces (Torula) keffir, forms small oval or roundish cells 2-3 µ wide and 3-5 µ long.

He would have seen the true torula overpowered by foreign intruders.

Torula, in fact, converts the grape juice into alcohol, and Mycoderma aceti converts the alcohol into vinegar.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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