What is "zymogenic organism"

Zymogenic \Zym`o*gen"ic\, a. (Biol.)

1. Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.

2. Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.

   Zymogenic organism (Biol.), a micro["o]rganism, such as the yeast plant of the Bacterium lactis, which sets up certain fermentative processes by which definite chemical products are formed; -- distinguished from a pathogenic organism. Cf. Micrococcus.