bactofugation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A process of centrifugation where microorganisms such as bacteria are removed from milk.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A report from NIZO in the Netherlands (23) reviews the manufacture of low fat cheese, low salt cheese and cheese-like products with vegetable fats, as well as the use of bactofugation in the treatment of cheese milk."
- "Kari thinks bactofugation – a centrifugation process where microbes are ‘thrown out’ of the milk at high speed – is not necessary. This is because their milk is produced on dry feed."
- "The most common strategies adopted to prevent late blowing defects are bactofugation and microfiltration of milk, and the addition of nitrates or LSZ [4–6]."
- "Bactofugation allows for the removal of 98–99% of anaerobic spores, 95% of aerobic spores, and 90–92% of lactobacilli."
Etymology
bactofuge + -ation
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: bactofuge