Fermentation Process of Vinegar | Microbiology
In this article we will discuss about the fermentation process of vinegar, explained with the help of suitable diagrams. Vinegar is the product of a two-stage fermentation. In the first stage, yeast convert sugars into ethanol anaerobically, while in the second ethanol is oxidized to acetic (ethanoic) acid aerobically by bacteria of the genera Acetobacter and Gluconobacter. This second process [...]