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Meaning of metschnikowiaceous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Of or relating to the family Metschnikowiaceae of yeasts.

not-comparable, rare, relational

Examples

“2007, Jessamyn S. Manson, Marc-André Lachance, James D. Thomson, 'Candida gelsemii sp. nov., a yeast of the Metschnikowiaceae clade isolated from nectar of the poisonous Carolina jessamine In the process, strains of Metschnikowia reukaufii were recovered from azalea nectar whereas the jessamine nectars yielded strains of Candida rancoensis as well as a new asexual species with metschnikowiaceous affinities, which we now describe as Candida gelsemii.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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