diauxie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈɔːksi/

Noun

diauxie (uncountable)

1. (biology) The state or quality of being diauxic.
   • 1998, Graeme M. Walker, Yeast Physiology and Biotechnology, page 134:

     Even in conventional batch cultivation, yeasts may occasionally enter a second phase of exponential growth called diauxie.