Bacteria and Yeasts in Kefir Grains
Here's a list of the different types of good bacteria and yeast in kefir grains:
Bacteria
Species Lactobacillus
- Lb. acidophilus
- Lb. brevis
- Lb. casei subsp. casei
- Lb. casei subsp. rhamnosus
- Lb. paracasei subsp. paracasei
- Lb. fermentum
- Lb. cellobiosus
- Lb. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus
- Lb. delbrueckii subsp. lactis
- Lb. fructivorans
- Lb. helveticus subsp. lactis
- Lb. hilgardii
- Lb. helveticus
- Lb. kefiri
- Lb. kefiranofaciens subsp. kefirgranum
- Lb. kefiranofaciens subsp. kefiranofaciens
- Lb. parakefiri
- Lb. plantarum
Species Streptococcus
- St. thermophilus
- St. paracitrovorus
Species Lactococcus
- Lc. lactis subsp. lactis
- Lc. lactis subsp. lactis biovar. diacetylactis
- Lc. lactis subsp. cremoris
Species Enterococcus
- Ent. durans
Species Leuconostoc
- Leuc. mesenteroides subsp. cremoris
- Leuc. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides
- Leuc. dextranicum
Yeasts
- Dekkera anomala / Brettanomyces anomalus
- Kluyveromyces marxianus / Candida kefyr
- Pichia fermentans / C. firmetaria
- Yarrowia lipolytica / C. lipolytica
- Debaryomyces hansenii / C. famata
- Deb. [Schwanniomyces] occidentalis
- Issatchenkia orientalis / C. krusei
- Galactomyces geotrichum / Geotrichum candidum
- C. friedrichii
- C. rancens
- C. tenuis
- C. humilis
- C. inconspicua
- C. maris
- Cryptococcus humicolus
- Kluyveromyces lactis var. lactis
- Kluyv. bulgaricus
- Kluyv. lodderae
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Sacc. subsp. torulopsis holmii
- Sacc. pastorianus
- Sacc. humaticus
- Sacc. unisporus
- Sacc. exiguus
- Sacc. turicensis sp. nov
- Torulaspora delbrueckii
- Zygosaccharomyces rouxii
Acetobacter
- Acetobacter aceti
- Acetobacter rasens