Category:Zymogenic

Zym`o*gen"ic, a. (biol.) (a) pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene. (b) capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment. Zymogenic Organism (biol.), a microörganism, such as the yeast plant of the Bacterium lactis, which sets up certain fermentative processes by Which definite chemical products are formed; -- distinguished from a Pathogenic organism. Cf. Micrococcus.