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Bacteria Information for Kefir

 

Below we have listed the bacteria content in both water kefir and milk kefir. Although each milk kefir grain has a variant of bacteria, you can see from the list that there's a lot in there!

Next time you browse the supplements section of your local health food store, take a look at the probiotics bottles and count the bacteria strains available. You may be surprised at how few they carry. Also, remember that 'man-u-factured' or man-made probiotics aren't as readily bio-available as natural source bacteria. So consider what you are getting.


Water Kefir Grains Bacterium

 

(Taken from Dom's Kefir In-site - see links page)

Lactobacilli
Lactobacillus galactose
Lb. brevis
Lb. casei subsp. casei
Lb. paracasei subsp. paracasei
Lb. casei subsp. Ramos
Lb. casei subsp. tolerant
Lb. coraciiform subsp. torquens
Lb. fructose
Lb. hilarities
Lb. homophobia
Lb. plantarum
Lb. pseudo plantarum
Lb. admonishes

Streptococci/lactococci
Streptococcus cremeris
Str. faecalis
Str. lactis
Leuconostoc mesenteroides
Pediococcus damnosus

Yeasts
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
S. florentinus
S. pretoriensis
Candida valida
C. lambica
Kloeckera apiculata
Hansenula yalbensis


Milk Kefir Bacterium

 

(Taken from Dom's Kefir In-site - see links page)

Each batch of milk grains contains a slightly different combination and number of bacterium. Here is a listing of all possible bacteria found in milk kefir.

LACTOBACILLI
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Lb. brevis [Possibly now Lb. kefiri]
Lb. casei subsp. casei
Lb. casei subsp. rhamnosus
Lb. paracasei subsp. paracasei
Lb. fermentum
Lb. cellobiosus
Lb. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus
Lb. delbrueckii subsp. lactis
Lb. fructivorans
Lb. helveticus subsp. lactis
Lb. hilgardii
Lb. helveticus
Lb. kefiri
Lb. kefiranofaciens subsp. kefirgranum
Lb. kefiranofaciens subsp. kefiranofaciens
Lb. parakefiri
Lb. plantarum

STREPTOCOCCI/LACTOCOCCI
Streptococcus thermophilus
St. paracitrovorus ^
Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis
Lc. lactis subsp. lactis biovar. diacetylactis
Lc. lactis subsp. cremoris
Enterococcus durans
Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris
Leuc. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides
Leuc. dextranicum ^

YEAST
Dekkera anomala Brettanomyces anomalus
Kluyveromyces marxianus Candida kefyr
Pichia fermentans C. firmetaria
Yarrowia lipolytica C. lipolytica
Debaryomyces hansenii C. famata
Deb. [Schwanniomyces] occidentalis
Issatchenkia orientalis C. krusei
Galactomyces geotrichum Geotrichum candidum
C. friedrichii
C. rancens
C. tenuis
C. humilis
C. inconspicua
C. maris
Cryptococcus humicolus
Kluyveromyces lactis var. lactis
Kluyv. bulgaricus
Kluyv. lodderae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sacc. subsp. torulopsis holmii
Sacc. pastorianus
Sacc. humaticus
Sacc. unisporus
Sacc. exiguus
Sacc. turicensis sp. nov
Torulaspora delbrueckii
* Zygosaccharomyces rouxii

ACETOBACTER
Acetobacter aceti
Acetobacter rasens