These are known as putrefactive changes. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying] Reference
The theory of putrefaction and putrefactive organisms. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888] Reference
These are the putrefactive bacteria, and the results of their growth are pretty horrible. From Wordnik.com. [The Undertaker's Racket] Reference
All the putrefactive spawn of this fungus is inside the host-plant; cure, therefore, is difficult. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
The treated samples, however, had no smell originally, and remain sweet, without putrefactive change. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891] Reference
Biogas is produced by putrefactive bacteria, which break down organic material under airless conditions. From Wordnik.com. [2. The dgestion process] Reference
A putrefactive fermentation is thus set up which softens the gummy substance holding the fibres together. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Germ Life] Reference
Also it inhibits proteolytic and putrefactive bacteria from growing, which cause rotting and putrefaction. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
The organ first showing the putrefactive change is the trachea; that which resists putrefaction longest is the uterus. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
It is in this way: Pus and putrefactive organisms have gained entrance to the lymphatics of the original diseased limb. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
In water tainted with organic matter putrefactive bacteria will flourish, whereas pure water is fatal to their existence. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
It so happens in many cases of foot trouble, however, that putrefactive organisms gain entrance side by side with those of pus. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Molds also help to make cheese, but neither these nor putrefactive organisms are desirable for foods other than those mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads] Reference
But it is well to remember that in nature putrefactive ferments must go on to an extent rarely imitated or followed in the laboratory. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888] Reference
Fresh meats are always contaminated with colon and putrefactive germs with which they become contaminated in the slaughtering process. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
Meats of all sorts, as found in the market, with the exception of canned meats, abound with putrefactive bacteria to an astonishing degree. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
Sanitarium, showed the presence of putrefactive bacteria in almost unbelievable numbers, as will be seen by an inspection of the following table. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
That they did not bury any of their dead, and the reckless slaughter they perpetrated, point also to an entire ignorance of the putrefactive process. From Wordnik.com. [The War of the Worlds] Reference
The growth of most bacteria, particularly the putrefactive kinds are hindered or entirely stopped by acids slightly alkaline media are most favourable. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition] Reference
But such mechanical means has not been devised, and at present a putrefactive fermentation appears to be the only practical method of separating the fibres. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Germ Life] Reference
Ammonia, which is one of the products of putrefactive de - composition, contains no oxygen, and nitrites, another factor, contains less oxygen than nitrates. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Germ Life] Reference
Several things are wrong with this system For instance, in most of the pile, anaerobic conditions are rapidly established and putrefactive fermentation sets in. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
It was well known that in rats and man the intestinal flora can be changed from a putrefactive form to a non-putrefactive type by feeding milk sugar or lactose. From Wordnik.com. [The Vitamine Manual] Reference
In some such way also it may be that "thunder turns milk sour," and exerts other putrefactive influences on the bodies which receive the germs and dust from the air. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884] Reference
He proceeded to describe them rather vividly, and added, You're a lot better off to be buried in an aerobic atmosphere; otherwise the putrefactive bacteria take over. From Wordnik.com. [The Undertaker's Racket] Reference
This increases, becomes darker and more general, a strong putrefactive odour is developed, the thorax and abdomen become distended with gas, and the epidermis peels off. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
This occurs from gangrene, and putrefactive changes, or in some instances, from the ulcerative process, so constantly observed in the segregation of dead from living tissues. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
Retardation of the putrefactive process has been noticed in bodies some years under water. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
He must, I submit, bow to the conclusion that the dust-particles are the cause of putrefactive life. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
Fish compost thus prepared, is a uniform mass of fishy but not putrefactive odor, not disagreeable to handle. From Wordnik.com. [Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel] Reference
The power of the air as regards putrefactive infection is incessantly changing through natural causes, and we are able to alter it at will. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
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