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acetobacter, n.|əˈsiːtəʊˌbæktə(r), ˈæsɪtəʊˌbæktə(r)|
[mod.L. genus name Acetobacter (coined by M. W. Beijerinck 1898, in Zentralblatt f. Bakteriol., Parasitenkunde, Infektionskr. und Hygiene II Abt. 211): see aceto-, bacterium n.]
A bacterium that oxidizes organic compounds to acetic acid, esp. one belonging to the genus Acetobacter.
1959L. E. & A. M. Reeve Gift of Grape 105 But acetobacter is just one of the raiders. Putrefactive vandals of all sorts now join in the looting. 1975P. V. Price Taste of Wine x. 181/1 The worst type is acetobacter, the bacteria which turns wine into vinegar. 1990Food Engin. Apr. 32/1 The production of vitamin C starts with fermentation of D-sorbitol by an acetobacter organism to L-sorbose. 1991San Francisco Chron. 10 Apr. (Food section) 2/2 Add 1 to 2 cups of unpasteurized vinegar that contains a live vinegar ‘mother’, or acetobacter. |