Studies on Corn Steep Liquor in the Nutrition of Certain Lactic Acid Bacteria

In the literature on the nutrition of lactic acid bacteria, crude corn steep liquor solids are sometimes mentioned as a nutrient source Corn steep liquor is a by-product of the corn wet-milling industry (2), and to date its use in penicillin production is by far its most important application in the nutrition of microorganisms. Generally speaking, most organisms capable of growing well on simple media containing beef extract and peptone will grow on a medium containing only corn steep liquor (2).