Sentences with 'genus'

Example sentences and phrases with the word genus and other words derived from it.

« Lactobacillus is a genus of microaerophilic, non-motile, carbohydrate-fermenting, lactic acid-producing bacteria. »
« The genus Anadenanthera or Piptadenia, made up of leguminous tree species, provides the South American hallucinogenic base. The cohoba (to which Friar PanĂ© referred in his writings in horror) is the peregrine variant, renamed yopo by the Brazilian Arauacos (Arawak). »
« Like anadenanthera, the virola genus of plants offers a number of trance-entry plants. The most widespread is Virola theidora. The drug, which has a fast and potent effect, consists of the resin powder provided by the bark. »
« Mixed with ayahuasca or on its own, the brew prepared from species of the genus brugmansia plays an important role in communication with the dead, medicine and religious initiation rites. It is native to the western Amazon and its influences are violent. »
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