Facts

Habitat- 

The natural habitat of Leuconostoc is milk, but L.mesenteroides  has been isolated previously from plants, vegetables, and cereals because it helps to ferment. The job of fermentation allows L. mesenteroides to relatively wide spread in the natural environment.

Structure –

L. mesenteroides when in a liquid can often be seen as cocci in as a single, in pairs, or chains. However when grown in glucose, L. mesenteroides can appear as elongated rod shaped. The structure of L. mesenteroides mostly varies on conditions of growth.

Reproduction –

Complex growth factors which require amino acids. L. mesenteroides does not produce spores to reproduce, also known as asporogenous.

History –

Leuconostoc in Kimchi, is discoverd by Inha college's professor team in 2000. Kimchi is the one of the best habitat to Luconostoc. This college also discovered another new species of Leuconostoc, the Leucosnotoc inhae. It become known to people by International journal of systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.

Beneficial properties –

L. mesenteroides is to thank for the production of pickles, sauerkraut, kimchi, and plays a role in some dairy products.

Known problems associated with bacteria-

Leuconostoc mesenteroides has been found to cause pot harvest decay in tomatoes in parts of California and Mexico. Around ten strains of L. mesenteroides have been found to cause decay and fungal decay in fruit including ATCC 8293. As the L. mesenteroides progressed to ferment, it decrease quickly. Then it makes to Rancidity.