MSG

[Guest guest]

I thought this was interesting health wise:

http://www.innvista.com/health/microbes/bacteria/foodprod.htm

a.. MSG (monosodium glutamate) is manufactured by Corynebacterium glutamicum, a

cousin of the diptheria germ.

also:

Sauerkraut-making requires the bacteria Leuconostoc mesenteroides and

Lactobacillus brevis to ferment sugars that provide a variety of such organic

products as lactic acid, acetic acid, ethanol, and mannitol. These bacteria are

known as 'heterofermentative' bacteria. Later a 'homofermentative' bacteria,

Lactobacillus plantarum takes over, producing only lactic acid. Later,

Enterococcus faecalis and Pediococcus cerevisiae assume the fermentation process

if the salt brine is not what it should be.

Bruce