homofermentative
adjective
                                                                                                                            
                                                            ho·mo·fer·men·ta·tive
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  ˌhō-mō-fər-ˈment-ət-iv  ˌhäm-ō-
                                                                                                                                  ˌhäm-ō-  
                                                      
                                                          
            
                                
              
          
                                                      : producing a fermentation resulting wholly or principally in a single end product                                      
                
                  —used especially of economically important lactic-acid bacteria that ferment carbohydrates to lactic acid
    
                
                    
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