On Food and Cooking

Buttermilk Eurasia

Crème fraîche Europe

Sour cream Europe

Ropy milks Scandinavia

Koumiss Central Asia

Kefir Central Asia

Product Microbes

Yogurt

Lactobacillus,  delbrueckii,

Streptococcus   salivarius  (in rural

areas,  assorted    lactococci  and

lactobacilli)

Buttermilk Lactococcus lactis, Leuconostoc
mesenteroides

Crème
fraîche

Lactococcus lactis, Leuconostoc

mesenteroides

Sour
cream

Lactococcus lactis, Leuconostoc

mesenteroides

Ropy Lactococcus lactis, Leuconostoc