Tea Fungus

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Tea Fungus

(also Japanese fungus), a thick layered slimy film that forms on the surface of a sugared liquid. The film consists of a culture of two symbiotic microorganisms, the yeast fungus Schizosaccharomycodes ludwigii and a bacterium (usually Acetobacter xylinum). The fungus ferments the sugar and forms alcohol and carbonic acid, and the bacteria oxidize the alcohol into acetic acid. The liquid (usually a 4–6 percent solution of sugar in weak tea) acquires a pleasantly tart taste and turns into a slightly carbonated beverage known as tea kvass. Some data have shown that tea fungus has antibiotic properties and contains several vitamins.

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