saccharolytic

[sak-uh-roh-lit-ik]

adjective

Chemistry.

1. of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.

Word History and Origins

Origin of saccharolytic¹

First recorded in 1905–10; saccharo- + -lytic

Example Sentences

Martens, E. C., Chiang, H. C. & Gordon, J. I. Mucosal glycan foraging enhances fitness and transmission of a saccharolytic human gut bacterial symbiont.

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The saccharolytic bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron is a prominent member of the microbiota.

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They rely on saccharolytic members of the microbiota, such as Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, to make this sugar freely available in the intestinal lumen.

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These sugars are harvested by saccharolytic members of the microbiota, such as Bacteroidales in the gut, which makes them available to species within the microbiota that lack this capability26.

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The saccharolytic bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron is a prominent member of the microbiota.

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