thermoduric

English

Adjective

thermoduric (comparative more thermoduric, superlative most thermoduric)

1. (of bacteria) Capable of surviving high temperatures such as the pasteurisation process.

Related terms

• durable

Noun

thermoduric (plural thermodurics)

1. A bacterium capable of surviving high temperatures.
   • 1993, Marion Eugene Ensminger, Audrey H. Ensminger, Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia, page 2102:

     Thermodurics survive for short periods of time at high temperatures, but they do not grow at high temperatures.