ZYMOID
\zˈa͡ɪmɔ͡ɪd], \zˈaɪmɔɪd], \z_ˈaɪ_m_ɔɪ_d]\
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The modified condition of an enzyme, produced by heating and other causes, in which it possesses still the power of combining with its substrate but can not produce any decomposition in this Latter substance. [Gr.,zyme, ferment, + eidos, resemblance.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).