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<biology> Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.
Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
<biology> Zymogenic organism, a microorganism, 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.
(01 Mar 1998)
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