gélification

Désignations

Codes : pays ou zone où la désignation a cours (CH, FR, DE, EU = Union européenne, INT = usage international). Une désignation barrée est déconseillée.

Définitions

anglais

... a biochemical process by which vegetable matter is transformed by intensive softening and dispersion due to swelling under water saturation. It proceeds through the action of bacteria and fungi in a reducing medium with an insignificant access of oxygen (essentially an anaerobic environment). The process is characteristic of very wet stagnant swamps with a high level of ground water.