Lactobacilluskefiranofaciens

Lactobacilluskefiranofaciens (ke.fi.ra.no.fa'ci.ens. N.L. neut. n. kefiranum, a polysaccharide of kefir grain, kefiran; L. v. facio, produce; N.L. part. adj. kefiranofaciens, kefiran producing).

Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens produces DL-lactic acid with an excess of D(−)-lactic acid from glucose, fructose, galactose, sucrose, maltose, lactose and raffinose, but not from arabinose, ribose, cellobiose or trehalose [99].

Two subspecies are recognised.