How is bacteria used in bread making?

Answer 1

Howdy there!

You are not gonna believe this! Bacteria can be used in making bread and that particular kind of bread is called salt-rising bread. I had to check on Wikipedia just to make sure because I had a feeling that bacteria could be used in bread making.

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Answer 2

Sourdough bread uses a "starter" made from flour and bacteria (and usually other microorganisms) to cause it to rise. However most bread uses yeast (a type of fungus) for this purpose instead of bacteria.

Answer 3

A quick answer is that sourdough bread uses different strains of yeast or other bacteria (like Lactobacillus). Centuries ago, before you could go to the grocery store and buy yeast, people needed a way to have yeast around the house. The way they did it was by keeping a pot of live culture (living in perhaps a quart of water/flour medium) and "feeding" it daily or weekly so that the yeast remained alive and active. To start the culture, you take 2 cups of flour and 2 cups of water, mix the two together, and then add in some sourdough culture that you obtain from a friend (sourdough, in times past, passed from friend to friend like this). When it came time to bake bread, a cup of this live culture would be added to the dough to provide the yeast needed to leaven the bread. The pot would be replenished by adding back an equal amount of flour and water. If you take some of the culture out and feed the pot more flour and water each week, the culture will stay alive. Most people let the culture live at the back of their refrigerator (otherwise, it requires daily feeding). The strains of yeast and bacteria used in sourdough are acid-producing, hence the unique flavor of sourdough bread.

Answer 4

Bacteria are not typically used in traditional bread making. Instead, yeast (a type of fungi) is the microorganism responsible for fermenting sugars in the dough to produce carbon dioxide gas, which helps the bread rise. However, some sourdough bread recipes use a combination of wild yeast and bacteria (lactic acid bacteria) from the natural environment to ferment the dough, giving the bread its distinct flavor and texture.

Answer 5

The microbes found in yeast create an atmosphere that allow the ingredients in the bread to give it its form hence causing the dough to rise to give the formation of the bread.

Answer 6

The microbes used to leaven bread may be yeasts and for sourdough breads certain bacteria.

Answer 7

The species is called yeast.

Answer 8

The micro-organism called Yeast is used to make bread, it produces bubbles of Carbon dioxide gas which makes the dough rise.

Answer 9

It has many different to types of bacteria. It also has yeast which is a fungus.