Fermentation
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Fermentation is a metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substances through the action of enzymes. In biochemistry, it is broadly defined as the extraction of energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen. In food production, it may more broadly refer to any process in which the activity of microorganisms brings about a desirable change to a foodstuff or beverage. The science of fermentation is known as zymology.
Fermentation in progress: carbon dioxide bubbles form a froth on top of the fermentation mixture.
Fermentation is used to produce the heme protein found in the Impossible Burger.
Louis Pasteur in his laboratory
Acetate
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An acetate is a salt formed by the combination of acetic acid with a base. "Acetate" also describes the conjugate base or ion typically found in aqueous solution and written with the chemical formula C2H3O−2. The neutral molecules formed by the combination of the acetate ion and a positive ion are also commonly called "acetates". The simplest of these is hydrogen acetate with corresponding salts, esters, and the polyatomic anion CH3CO−2, or CH3COO−.
The mixed acid fermentation pathway is characteristic of the family Enterobacteriaceae, which includes E. coli