Mother of vinegar
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Mother of vinegar is a biofilm composed of a form of cellulose, yeast, and bacteria that sometimes develops on fermenting alcoholic liquids during the process that turns alcohol into acetic acid with
Slab of mother of vinegar taken from a fermentation tank
Mother of vinegar that is composed of Acetobacter
Bacterial culture of mother of vinegar
Store-bought vinegar with mother of vinegar at the bottom
Biofilm
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Aggregate of microorganisms in which cells that are frequently embedded within a self-produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substances adhere to each other and/or to a surface.
Mother of vinegar
…Mother of vinegar is a biofilm composed of a form of cellulose, yeast, and bacteria that sometimes develops on fermenting alcoholic liquids during the process that turns alcohol into…
Staphylococcus aureus biofilm on an indwelling catheter
Probable cyanobacteria in the vertical section of a silicified biofilm from the Lower Cretaceous. Very shallow hypersaline environment of the Urgonian carbonate platform of Provence, southeastern France.
Biofilm of golden hydrophobic bacteria; ceiling of Golden Dome Cave, a lava tube in Lava Beds National Monument
Five stages of biofilm development (1) Initial attachment, (2) Irreversible attachment, (3) Maturation I, (4) Maturation II, and (5) Dispersion. Each stage of development in the diagram is paired with a photomicrograph of a developing P. aeruginosa biofilm. All photomicrographs are shown to the same scale.