Assertion: lactic acid | /r/HasProperty | main metabolite
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text: The term lactic acid bacteria emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century to describe a heterogeneous group of bacteria that are currently defined as spherical (cocci) or rod-shaped (bacilli), gram-positive, catalase-negative, immobile, nonsporulating, anaerobic, aerotolerant, and producers of lactic acid (the main metabolite generated during the fermentation of sugars by these bacteria).