putrefactive

Example Sentences

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This makes food acidic and prevents the growth of putrefactive and pathogenic bacteria.

From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023

The conquerors of those otherwise triumphant Martians were, he reported, "the putrefactive and disease bacteria against which their systems were unprepared."

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2021

What is commonly called "ptomaine poisoning" is poisoning from foods which contain putrefactive bacteria.

From Time Magazine Archive

The other characters were marvels not just of makeup but also of comic sympathy; Sherman Klump and his pudgy, putrefactive family had humor and heart.

From Time Magazine Archive

The odor of the matured product is somewhat putrefactive, but is not so offensive as is usually supposed.

From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Hastings, Edwin George