List of microorganisms found in sourdough facts for kids
Sourdough is a mixture of flour and water inhabited by a symbiosis of Lactic acid bacteria and yeasts. It is used in baking to leaven and acidify bread.
Yeasts
- Candida humilis (formerly C. milleri)
- Candida krusei
- Kazachstania exigua
- Pichia saitoi
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Torulopsis holmii
Lactic acid bacteria
- Lactobacillus acetotolerans
- Lactobacillus acidophilus
- Lactobacillus alimentarius
- Lactobacillus brevis
- Lactobacillus buchneri
- Lactobacillus casei
- Lactobacillus crustorum
- Lactobacillus delbrueckii
- Lactobacillus farciminis
- Lactobacillus fermenti
- Lactobacillus fermentum
- Lactobacillus fructivorans
- Lactobacillus frumenti
- Lactobacillus hilgardii
- Lactobacillus leichmannii
- Lactobacillus mindensis
- Lactobacillus panis
- Lactobacillus paralimentarius
- Lactobacillus pastorianus
- Lactobacillus plantarum
- Lactobacillus pontis
- Lactobacillus reuteri
- Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis (formerly L. brevis var. lindneri)
- Lactobacillus viridescens
- Pediococcus acidilactici
See also
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