PRODUCT LABELING OF GLUCOSE-1-C 14 FERMENTATION BY HOMOFERMENTATIVE AND HETEROFERMENTATIVE LACTIC ACID BACTERIA

Abstract
Five heterofermentative strains (Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain 535, L. dextranicum strain ela:. Lactobacillus fermenti strain ATCC 9338 (Wisconsin strain 36). Lactobacillus pentoaceticus strain 118-8, and a greening Lactobacillus sp. strain S40A) ferment glucose by the hexosemonophosphate pathway previously described in L. mesenteroides strain 39. Two homofermentative bacteria, Lactobacillus pentosus strain 124-2 and Streptococcus faecalis strain 10C1, ferment glucose-1-Cl4 by the Embden-Meyerhof pathway.