Learn how to make lactic acid bacteria to add beneficial microbial life to your garden Marco Thomas from Marco’s Microbes demonstrates how to make lactic acid bacteria from simple kitchen ingredients.

Article reviewed by Phoebe Lostroh, PhD from Colorado College. Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. Louis Pasteur prepared the first liquid bacterial culture medium in 1860, ...

Lactic acid bacteria are critical to the dairy, food processing, and nutrition industries. Used as probiotics, flavour compounds, and starter cultures for fermented foods such as yogurt, the bacteria ...

Any compounds stuck to the beads can then be tested for desirable properties. If a given compound shows promise, the researchers begin discerning its chemical structure, figuring out which microbes ...