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HOMOFERMENTATIVE [1 record]

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Record 1 1980-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
DEF

Producing a fermentation resulting wholly or principally in a single end product - used esp. of economically important lactic-acid bacteria that ferment carbohydrates to lactic acid.

OBS

BRDAI 1974 mentions species of the genus Streptococcusm the subgenera Streptobacterium and Thermobacterium, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus lactis as examples of homofermentative bacteria.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
DEF

[Se dit d'un] processus de fermentation lactique des hexoses et également du lactose aboutissant à la formation presque exclusive d'acide lactique (90% au moins) sous l'action des bactéries lactiques vraies. Ex.: Streptococcus lactis - S. cremoris - Lactobacillus lactis - Lactobacillus bulgaricus...

Spanish

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