Lactobacillus acetotolerans Etsuzo Entani, Hiroshi Masai & Ken-Ichiro Suzuki, 1986
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- species
- Lactobacillus acetotolerans
Abstract
Lactobacillus acetotolerans (New Latin 'vinegar-tolerating milk-bacillus') is a species of gram positive bacteria in the genus Lactobacillus. Discovered in rice wine vinegar, it has a very high tolerance for acetic acid. It can tolerate an acetic acid concentration of over 9% and a pH as low as 3.3. It is known to produce sour flavors in beer it invades, by producing lactic acid.