Card 04Shape: rod chain

Pickles

Lactiplantibacillus plantarum. Grew up on plants. Ferments sauerkraut, kimchi and pickles.

Card 04Shape: rod chain

Pickles

Lactiplantibacillus plantarum

Grew up on plants. Ferments sauerkraut, kimchi and pickles.

Pickles

The stats

Shape: Rods, alone or in short chains.
Hangs out: On plants, in ferments, in your gut.
Makes: Lactic acid.
Fun fact: Its genome is one of the largest among lactic acid bacteria, which helps it live almost anywhere.

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The file on Pickles

L. plantarum is named for plants, where it grows up. It’s one of the main microbes that turn cabbage into sauerkraut and kimchi, and cucumbers into pickles.

Pickles travels with two cousins in a chain, because rods often do. The straw hat is a farm thing.

Shape: Rods, alone or in short chains.
Hangs out: On plants, in ferments, in your gut.
Makes: Lactic acid.
Fun fact: Its genome is one of the largest among lactic acid bacteria, which helps it live almost anywhere.

AnnouncerThe other two are also called Pickles. It causes problems at roll call.

Far-out fact

Sauerkraut is cabbage, salt and time. Lactic acid bacteria like L. plantarum do the rest.

Starring inEP 7 The Name Game EP 8 Pickles Makes Pickles

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