Card 01Shape: rods

Ace & Deuce

Lactobacillus acidophilus. Make lactic acid and keep the neighbourhood a little sour.

Ace and Deuce, two blue rod-shaped bacteria in red sweatbands, holding hands

Card 01Shape: rods

Ace & Deuce

Lactobacillus acidophilus

Make lactic acid and keep the neighbourhood a little sour.

Ace & Deuce

The stats

Shape: Rods. They travel in pairs and short chains, so you get two.
Hangs out: Small intestine.
Makes: Lactic acid.
Fun fact: In 2020, Lactobacillus was split into 25 genera. Acidophilus is one of the few that kept the old name.

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The file on Ace & Deuce

Lactobacilli are rod-shaped, and after they divide they often stay stuck end to end, so they turn up in pairs and short chains. Hence Ace and Deuce, who have never once been seen apart.

They make lactic acid, which keeps their corner of the gut a little sour. It’s the same acid that gives yogurt its tang.

Shape: Rods. They travel in pairs and short chains, so you get two.
Hangs out: Small intestine.
Makes: Lactic acid.
Fun fact: In 2020, Lactobacillus was split into 25 genera. Acidophilus is one of the few that kept the old name.

AnnouncerAce is the one on the left. Or the right. They swap when nobody’s looking.

Far-out fact

Lactobacilli make lactic acid: the same acid that gives yogurt its tang.

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