What Is Kombucha- Moscow Bacteriological Institute

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1950s Moscow Bacteriological Institute

Moscow Bacteriological Institute,

Scientific exploration of the fungus commenced in the 1950s with the Moscow

Bacteriological Institute (as part of their research project on the

investigation of cancer throughout the country).They discovered that it was not

as initially thought, a single organism but a symbiotic colony of several

bacteria and yeasts with highly complex and sophisticated metabolic pathways.

They isolated the following organisms: Bacterium xylinum, Bacterium xylinoides,

Bacterium gluconicum, Saccharomyces ludwigii, Saccharomyces apiculatus

varieties, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Acetobacter ketogenum, Torula varieties,

Pichia fermantans and other yeasts. This group of organisms shows a distinct

antibiotic effect through the presence of usnic acid which is present in some

lichens. There is also evidence that usnic acid may deactivate certain groups of

viruses