Question

Complete the following reaction: Sugar + Acetic acid bacteria--------> ________ + water

Answer 1

Answer:

Acetic acid is a weak organic acid exerting a toxic effect to most microorganisms at concentrations as low as 0.5 wt%. This toxic effect results mostly from acetic acid dissociation inside microbial cells, causing a decrease of intracellular pH and metabolic disturbance by the anion, among other deleterious effects.