thermoduric
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
thermoduric (comparative more thermoduric, superlative most thermoduric)
- (of bacteria) Capable of surviving high temperatures such as the pasteurisation process.
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Noun[edit]
thermoduric (plural thermodurics)
- A bacterium capable of surviving high temperatures.
- 1993, Marion Eugene Ensminger, Audrey H. Ensminger, Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia, page 2102:
- Thermodurics survive for short periods of time at high temperatures, but they do not grow at high temperatures.