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.
A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms. Viruses can infect all types of life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. virus has either a DNA or an RNA genome and is called a DNA virus or an RNA virus, respectively. The vast majority of viruses have RNA genomes. Plant viruses tend to have single-stranded RNA genomes and bacteriophages tend to have double-stranded DNA genomes.