Mother of vinegar

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Mother of vinegar

A cluster of the bacteria that converts alcohol to vinegar. When vinegar for household use was bought or made in multiple-gallon quantities, it might stay in a wooden barrel or cask for several months. During that time, the mother of vinegar would sometimes grow into gelatinous masses several inches across.

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Mother of vinegar is a slime composed of yeast and acetic acid bacteria that develops on fermenting alcoholic liquids.