bread mould

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bread mould

or

black mould

n
(Plants) a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
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"Bread mould can bring quite a severe reaction in a lot of dogs.
Font de Valdez, "Prevention of bread mould spoilage by using lactic acid bacteria with antifungal properties," Food Control, vol.
Alvaz Adnan, a student of PakTurk School Lahore, presented her biology project regarding pre-treatment of bread mould to remove azodyes from effluent of factories to win silver medal.
Alvaz Adnan, a student of PakTurk School Lahore presented her biology project regarding pre-treatment of bread mould to remove azodyes from effluent of factories to win silver medal.
Alvaz Adnan, a student form presented her biology project regarding pre-treatment of bread mould to remove azodyes from effluent of factories to win silver medal.
Catcheside used the bread mould Neurospora crassa as an experimental organism and Noreen decided to investigate the chromosomal distribution of genes needed for synthesis of the amino acid methionine.
`Mr and Mrs Ellis, from Mirfield, decided last autumn to grow some winter lettuce (they do not say which variety they used) in their cool glasshouse, only to find that the plants have been slowly devoured by a grey fungus that looks like bread mould.
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