having the ability to survive in high temperatures, esp the ability of a microorganism to survive the pasteurization process
thermoduric in American English
(ˌθɜːrməˈdurɪk, -ˈdjurɪk)
adjective
Bacteriology(of certain microorganisms)
able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization
Word origin
[1930–35; thermo- + L dūr(āre) to last + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cloverleaf, logical positivism, old school tie, uncertainty principle, videothermo- is a combining form meaning “heat,” “hot,” used in the formation of compound words.Other words that use the affix thermo- include: thermocoagulation, thermodynamics, thermography, thermomagnetic, thermostable; -ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'thermoduric' in a sentence
thermoduric
Thermoduric microorganisms may withstand high temperatures during the pasteurization of milk.
Jose Carlos Ribeiro Junior, Vanerli Beloti, Fernanda Pelisson Massi, Maria HelenaPelegrinelli Fungaro 2017, 'Thermoduric psychrotrophic proteolytic microbiota from refrigerated raw milk', Semina: Ciências Agráriashttp://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/25121. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The aim of this study was to identify thermoduric psychrotrophic proteolytic microbiota in refrigerated raw milk.
Jose Carlos Ribeiro Junior, Vanerli Beloti, Fernanda Pelisson Massi, Maria HelenaPelegrinelli Fungaro 2017, 'Thermoduric psychrotrophic proteolytic microbiota from refrigerated raw milk', Semina: Ciências Agráriashttp://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/25121. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Therefore, the microbiota in pasteurized milk consist of thermoduric microbes and directly influence the shelf-life of the milk.
Jose Carlos Ribeiro Junior, Vanerli Beloti, Fernanda Pelisson Massi, Maria HelenaPelegrinelli Fungaro 2017, 'Thermoduric psychrotrophic proteolytic microbiota from refrigerated raw milk', Semina: Ciências Agráriashttp://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/25121. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)