Sourdough is a mixture of flour and water inhabited by a symbiosis of lactic acid bacteria and yeasts. It is used in baking to leaven and acidify bread.
Yeasts Brettanomyces anomalusDekkera anomalus, Brettanomyces anomala Brettanomyces bruxellensisDekkera bruxellensis, Brettanomyces lambicus Geotrichum pandrosioniae Huiozyma naganishiiFormerly Kazachstania naganishii, Saccharomyces naganishii Kazachstania barnettii Maudiozyma saulgeensisFormerly Kazachstania saulgeensis Kluyveromyces marxianus Lachancea thermotolerans Maudiozyma bulderiFormerly Kazachstania bulderi, Saccharomyces bulderi Maudiozyma exiguaFormerly Kazachstania exigua, Saccharomyces exiguus Maudiozyma humilisFormerly Candida milleri, Candida humilis, Kazachstania humilisAlso found in Lambic Maudiozyma saulgeensis Monosporozyma servazziiFormerly Kazachstania servazzii Monosporozyma unisporaFormerly Kazachstania unispora, Saccharomyces unisporus Nakaseomyces glabratusFormerly Candida glabrata, Torulopsis glabrata, Cryptococcus glabratus Naumovozyma castelliiFormerly Saccharomyces castellii, Naumovia castellii Pichia cecembensis Pichia fermentans Pichia kudriavzeviiFormerly Candida Krusei Pichia membranifaciens Saturnispora saitoiFormerly Pichia saitoi, Williopsis saitoi Saccharomyces bayanusSaccharomyces uvarum Saccharomyces cerevisiae Saccharomyces paradoxus Torulaspora delbrueckiiSaccharomyces delbruckii Wickerhamomyces anomalusPichia anomala
Bacteria Acetic Acid Bacteria Acetobacter cerevisiae Acetobacter oryzifermentans Acetobacter pasteurianus Acetobacter syzygii Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans Enterobacter Enterococcus pseudoavium Enterococcus faecium Enterococcus casseliflavus Enterococcus durans
Lactic Acid Bacteria Amylolactobacillus amylophilusFormerly Lactobacillus amylophilus Companilactobacillis nantensis Companilactobacillus crustorum Companilactobacillus farciminis Companilactobacillus heilongjiangensis Companilactobacillus mindensis Companilactobacillus nodensis Companilactobacillus paralimentarius Companilactobacillus sp.Previously unidentified; not named Fructilactobacillus fructivorans Fructilactobacillus sanfranciscensisFormerly Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis, Lactobacillus brevis var. lindneri Fructilactobacillus vespulae Furfurilactobacillus rossiae Furfurilactobacillus siliginis Lacticaseibacillus caseiFormerly Lactobacillus casei Lacticaseibacillus paracasei Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus Lactiplantibacillus paraplantarum Lactiplantibacillus plantarumFormerly Lactobacillus plantarum Lactiplantibacillus xiangfangensis Lactobacillus acetotolerans Lactobacillus acidophilus Lactobacillus alimentarius Lactobacillus amylolyticus Lactobacillus amylovorus Lactobacillus coryniformins Lactobacillus crispatus Lactobacillus crustorum Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii Lactobacillus divergens Lactobacillus farciminis Lactobacillus fermenti Lactobacillus gallinarum Lactobacillus graminis Lactobacillus helveticus Lactobacillus hilgardiihttp://comenius.susqu.edu/biol/312 Lactobacillus johnsonii Lactobacillus lactis subsp. cremorisDisputed; see Lactobacillus leichmanniiDisputed; see Levilactobacillus brevisFormerly Lactobacillus brevis Lactobacillus mindensis Lactobacillus panis Lactobacillus pastorianus Lactobacillus pentosus Lactobacillus pontis Lactobacillus uvarum Latilactobacillus curvatus Latilactobacillus sakei Lentilactobacillus buchneri Lentilactobacillus farraginisFormerly Lactobacillus farraginis Leuconostoc citreum Leuconostoc lactis Leuconostoc mesenteroides Levilactobacillus acidifarinae Levilactobacillus hammesi Levilactobacillus namurensis Levilactobacillus parabrevis Levilactobacillus spicheri Levilactobacillus zymae Ligilactobacillus salivarius Limosilactobacillus fermentumFormerly Lactobacillus fermentum Limosilactobacillus panis Limosilactobacillus pontis Limosilactobacillus reuteri Limosilactobacillus sacaliphilus Limosilactobacilus frumenti Liquorilactobacillus nagelii Pediococcus acidilactici Pediococcus inopinatus Pediococcus parvulus Pediococcus pentosaceus Streptococcus constellatus Streptococcus equinus Streptococcus suis Tetragenococcus halophilusFormerly Pediococcus, see Weisella viridescensformerly Lactobacillus viridescens Weissella cibaria Weissella confusa Weissella hellenica Weissella kandleri
See also List of sourdough breads
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