Table 1
Bacterial species isolated as fuel ethanol contaminants.
Speciesa Isolates Glucose fermentation patternb
Lactobacillus amylolyticus 11 Obligately homofermentative
L. amylovorus 5 Obligately homofermentative
L. brevis 40 Obligately heterofermentative
L. buchneri 2 Obligately heterofermentative
L. casei 127 Facultatively heterofermentative
L. diolivorans 2 Obligately heterofermentative
L. fermentum 62 Obligately heterofermentative
L. hamsteri 22 Facultatively heterofermentative
L. harbinensis 5 Facultatively heterofermentative
L. helveticus 2 Obligately homofermentative
L. hilgardii 1 Obligately heterofermentative
L. johnsonii 2 Obligately homofermentative
L. lactis 1 Obligately homofermentative
L. mucosae 72 Obligately heterofermentative
L. panis 4 Obligately heterofermentative
L. pantheris 1 Obligately homofermentative
L. paralimentarius 1 Facultatively heterofermentative
L. paracasei 2 Facultatively heterofermentative
L. plantarum 284 Facultatively heterofermentative
L. pontis 42 Obligately heterofermentative
L. rhamnosus 4 Facultatively heterofermentative
L. rossiae 11 Obligately heterofermentative
L. vaginalis 4 Obligately heterofermentative
Staphylococcus aureus 1 Not applicable
S. epidermidis 18 Not applicable
Weisella confusa 3 Obligately heterofermentative
Unidentified 39 Not applicable
Total 768