Differences between Homolactic Fermentation and Heterolactic Fermentation

1  Differences between Homolactic Fermentation and Heterolactic Fermentation

No.	Homolactic Fermentation	Heterolactic Fermentation
1	Hexose is fermented to lactic acid	Hexose is fermented to lactate, acetate and ethanol
2	uses glycolytic pathway	uses phosphogluconate pathway
3	possess aldolase only	possess ketolase
4	pentoses or gluconate cannot be metabolized	pentoses or gluconate can be metabolized
5	Bacteria involved – Lactobacillus sp., Strep. thermophilus.	bacteria involved – Bifidobacterium sp

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Sadia Akhtar
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