homofermentative
adjEtymology From homo- + fermentative.
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That produce (almost entirely) a single fermentation product (typically lactic acid)
- Since this, the proposed classification to separate the genus homofermentative Lactobacillus and Brochothrix from the catalase test may result an overlap in the case of positive reaction.2015 March 31, Daneysa Lahis Kalschne et al., “Characterization of the spoilage lactic acid bacteria in “sliced vacuum-packed cooked ham””, in Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, volume 46, →DOI:
- Related terms
- homofermentation
- Coordinate terms
- heterofermentative