Organic acids and enzymes
Microbes in industrial products · Biology
Study notes
Citric acid in your soft drink is fungal: Aspergillus niger ferments molasses into ~2 million tonnes yearly — a black mould flavouring the world's colas. Detergent enzymes (proteases from Bacillus) eat stains at low temperatures — biological washing. Lactase pills let lactose-intolerant people drink milk — a swallowed enzyme doing the gut's job.