heterofermentation
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heterofermentation (plural heterofermentations)
- Fermentation that produces two or more different products (typically, alcohol and lactic acid).
- 1992, Brian J. B. Wood, The Lactic acid bacteria in health and disease:
- Other end-products can accumulate, particularly during heterofermentations, and these products also exhibit antagonistic activity.
- 2004, Y. H. Hui, Handbook of Food and Beverage Fermentation Technology, page 23:
- The preservation effect is the result of synthesis of lactic acid and heterofermentation — also, acetic acids and, some times, antimicrobial substances.