saccharolytic, a. Biochem.
(ˌsækərəʊˈlɪtɪk)
[f. saccharo- + -lytic.]
Of or pertaining to the chemical breakdown of carbohydrates; able to effect this.
| 1908 Jrnl. Med. Res. XVIII. 86 Bacillus coli showed but a weak sugar-splitting power, the saccharolytic action ceasing after twenty-four and sometimes after eighteen hours. 1928 L. E. H. Whitby Med. Bacteriol. xv. 154 Saccharolytic organisms are so-called on account of their marked power of producing acid and gas in a carbohydrate medium. 1975 R. R. Gillies Lect. Notes Med. Microbiol. xiv. 81 The six antigenically distinct types show variation in their saccharolytic and proteolytic activities. |