bios Biochem.
(ˈbaɪəs)
[Gr. βίος life.]
The name given by E. Wildiers to the factor or factors stimulating the growth of yeast.
| [1901 E. Wildiers in Cellule XVIII. 322 Qu'il nous soit permis d'adopter un nom commode pour désigner cette substance inconnue..nommons-la ‘bios’.] 1907 Chem. Abstr. 1311 The active principle of the ‘Bios’ is contained in lecithin. 1919 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. XXXVIII. 466 The possibility presented itself that the substance which Wildiers called ‘bios’ might be the same as the vitamine known to be contained in yeast. 1936, 1937 [see biotin]. 1953 J. Ramsbottom Mushrooms & Toadstools viii. 81 It was found that bios is a complex substance and components bios I, bios II, [etc.]..were recognised; later they were identified with known growth substances. |