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Yeast ecology: the microbial night shift
4 min 3 secN09After Level 2 Lessons 1–5
Glossary
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- Microbial ecology
- The changing community of yeasts, bacteria, and other microorganisms in a fermentation environment.
- Kinetics
- The rate and course of fermentation through adaptation, active conversion, and slowing.
- YAN
- Yeast-assimilable nitrogen: the nitrogen available to yeast under the method being discussed.
- Sluggish fermentation
- A fermentation progressing more slowly than intended while still moving.
- Stuck fermentation
- A fermentation that stops before the desired sugar depletion.
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