In article <DB657v.42K at dorsai.org> haoma at news.dorsai.org (Haoma) writes:
>This is from some information sent to me on it:
>"The kombucha fungus is built in membrane form and is a symbiosis
>of yeast cells and different bacteria. Among these bacteria are:
>Bacterium xylinum, Bacterium gluconicum, Acetobacter ketogenus,
These names are no longer valid and more than likely are Acetobacter xylinium,
Gluconobacter gluconicum (not a valid name either), and Acetobacter sp. At
present there is no species ketogenus for Acetobacter.
Bruce Micales
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