Novozymes

Terms Explained

A

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Acid hydrolysis

Acid(ic) enzyme

Adhesion prevention

Advanced Fruit Processing (AFP)

Alkaline enzyme

Amino acid sequence determination

Amino acid substitution

Antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance gene

Antibiotic resistance gene markers

Anti-redeposition

APV Anhydro evaporator

Artificial enzymes

Aspergillus niger

Aspergillus oryzae

B

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Bacillus licheniformis

Bacillus subtilis

Bacterial expression

Baker’s yeast

Biological containment conditions

Bleaching chemical

BOD (biological oxygen demand)

Botrytis cinerea

C

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Calcium oxalate formation

Carbon monoxide

Carboxypeptidase

Cardiovascular health

Catalytic property

Cell compartment

Cellobiohydrolase

Cellular localization

Chemical reaction

Chlorine dioxide

Coated thermoresistant granulate (CT-granulate)

COD (chemical oxygen demand)

Colloidal structure

Composite sample

Composite sampler

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Crystallization technique

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DE (Dextrose Equivalent)

Decarboxylation

Deoxyribonucleic acid = DNA

Depectinization

Deproteinized juice

Desizing enzyme

Diatomaceous earth

Directed molecular evolution

DNA array technology

Downstream processing

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Ecological niche

Encapsulated enzyme

Enzymatic activity

Enzymatic degradation

Enzymatic modification of lipids

Enzyme variants

Epidermic cells

European Pharmacopoeia

Evaporated concentrate

Evaporator load

Expression cloning

Expression plasmid

Expression signals

Expression system

Extracellular matrix

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Feed conversion ratio (FCR)

Fermentation process

Fermentation tank

Fibre degradation

Filamentous fungus

First-order rate constant

Fluid-bed agglomeration

Free-flowing powders

Functional assay

Functional enzyme screening assay

Fungal expression

Fungal expression system

Fusarium venenatum

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Gene technology

Genetic engineering

Genetic recombination

Genetically engineered microorganism

Genetically modified fungal microorganism

Genetically modified microorganism (GMM)

Genetically modified organism (GMO)

Genome sequencing

Glucose isomerase

Glucose oxidase

Glucose polymer

Glycolic enzymes

Glycosaminglycans

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Heterologous genes

High-throughput screening

High-throughput technology

Homologous chromosomes

Homology modelling

Hydrogen peroxide

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ICC Business Charter

Industrial hygiene

Intracellular organelles

Intron/exon splice-sites

Isoelectric soluble soya protein

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K

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L

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Lactic acid bacteria

Lactose modification of milk

Large-scale fermentation

Low-allergenic protein techniques

Low-allergenic technology

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Maillard reactions

Mass spectrometry

Microbial strain

Modified enzyme

Molecular evolution

Molecular screening

Monocomponent products

Monosodium glutamate

MTBE (tertiary butyl methyl ether)

Mutagenicity test

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Natural diversity

Nonylphenol ethoxylates

Nutritional colloids

O

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Oligosaccharide

Oral toxicity test

Oxygen scavenger

P

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Particulate soil

Pectin esterase

Pectin methylesterase

Pectinolytic preparation

Perborate (sodium perborate)

Percarbonate (sodium percarbonate)

Peroxide bleaching

Phenolic compound

Phosphoric acid

Polygalacturonase

Polymer science

Polyphenolic compound

Polyphenoloxidase

Prefibrillation

Pregelatinized starch

Primary structure

Proanthocyanidins

Production organism

Production strain

Protein engineering

Protein library

Protein sequence

Proteolytic enzyme

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Recombinant DNA

Recombinant techniques

Retrograded starch

Rhamnogalacturonan

Rhamnogalacturonase

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Saccharification

Screening assay

Screening technologies

Secondary metabolites

Selective precipitation

Semi-permeable membrane

Sewage treatment processes

Sodium carbonate

Sodium Hyaluronate

Spectrophotometer

Starch liquefaction

Structural protein

Sugar 'backbones'

Sulphydryl groups

Superoxide dismutase

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Thermodynamic properties

Tissue augmentation

Transglucosidase

Triacylglycerol

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