Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
CLOSTRIDIUM
clostridium, clostridia
(noun) spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
clostridium (plural clostridia)
Any of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of humans and animals and are capable of forming spores
Source: Wiktionary
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