Word: mycelia
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...residues; utilization of unfit lemons for making citric acid, working up steam waste into carbon, illuminating gas, acetic acid, furfural;* new methods of using lactose, casein, starch, sucrose, dextrose, etc. Old Foes. Molds have always been considered food destroyers, ruining bread, milk, fruit, everything on which their furry hairy mycelia develop. Dr. H. T. Herrick of the U. S. Department of Agriculture explained the disciplining of these molds to the service of man. Since Biblical days molds have been used for fermenting alcoholic drinks, they have long given character to cheese, now they may rival the lemon in making citric...
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