A MUCILAGE‐FORMINGLACTOBACILLUSSPECIES ISOLATED FROM CIDER. PART I. CHARACTERISTICS

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SUMMARY:A rod‐shaped, facultative, heterofermentative lactic acid‐forming microorganism, isolated from cider, showed some similarities toLactobacillus pastorianusvan Laer, toL. pastorianusvar.browniiand toL. brevisOrla‐Jensen. Its most notable characteristic was an ability to form mucilage in a medium containing glucose, fructose or especially maltose. The highest levels of viscosity were obtained in a medium containing maltose (pH 5·1), after 12–16 days incubation at 25° under an atmosphere of carbo