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Yeastlike fungus
Answer for the clue "Yeastlike fungus ", 6 letters:
torula
Word definitions for torula in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saccharomyces \Sac`cha*ro*my"ces\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? sugar + ?, ?, a fungus.] (Biol.) A genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Torula (Latin name: Candida utilis ; formerly Torulopsis utilis , Torula utilis ) is a species of yeast .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of a group of fungus, ''Candida utilis'', related to the yeasts, sometimes used in processed food
Usage examples of torula.
Your turkey, your stuffed pig-if those were standard brands, much of their weight was textured and sculptured torula protein.
We use artificially illuminated interior farms, multi-leveled, certainly, and we also farm the sea and to a limited extent the atmosphere but our biggest single source of protein today is torula yeast.
Your turkey, your stuffed pig—if those were standard brands, much of their weight was textured and sculptured torula protein.