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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. technology
  3. processing technology
  4. fermentation
  5. lactic fermentation
  1. Fields of Study
  2. metabolism
  3. energy metabolism
  4. anaerobiosis
  5. fermentation
  6. lactic fermentation
  1. Fields of Study
  2. metabolism
  3. energy metabolism
  4. anaerobiosis
  5. fermentation
  6. lactic fermentation

Preferred term

lactic fermentation

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Fermentation carried out by lactic acid bacteria in which sugar is converted either entirely, or almost entirely, to lactic acid or to a mixture of lactic acid and other products.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • lactic acid fermentation
  • lacto-fermentation
  • lactofermentation

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/39851

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