barm - a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey. yeast. yeast cake - small cake of compressed moist yeast. brewer's yeast - yeast used in fermenting beer. leaven, leavening - a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid. mother - a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar.
1 Viruses, on the other hand, do not have any cells. 2  Viruses are made up of a protein structure called a capsid. 3  Though this capsid contains the virus's genetic material, it lacks the features of a true cell, such as cell walls, transport proteins, cytoplasm, organelles, and so on. Viruses, on the other hand, do not have any cells. 2  Viruses are made up of a protein structure called a capsid. 3  Though this capsid contains the virus's genetic material, it lacks the features of a true cell, such as cell walls, transport proteins, cytoplasm, organelles, and so on.
All viruses must infect living cells to reproduce. HIV takes over certain immune system cells that are supposed to defend the body. These cells are called CD4 cells, or T cells. When HIV takes over a CD4 cell, it turns the cell into a virus factory. It forces the cell to produce thousands of copies of the virus.