Assertion: yeast | /r/CapableOf | break down glucose
Facets:
value: to a lesser extent
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The yeast breaks down these simple sugars, such as glucose and to a lesser extent, fructose, into smaller and simpler molecules with every step, for energy (food), from which it grows and multiplies (budding known as mitosis), and exudes a liquid that releases carbon dioxide and ethyl alcohol into existing air bubbles in the dough.