Single-strain cultures of Streptococcus cremoris, Streptococcus
lactis, Streptococcus diacetilactis, and Leuconostoc citrovorum produced
little or no acetone and no dimethyl sulfide when grown in milk
culture. These organisms had little or no ability to decarboxylate
antexogenous source of acetoacetic acid nor were they capable of
producing dimethyl sulfide from methyl...