In kefir, microbial teamwork makes the dream work

Researchers studying #kefir discovered that the dominant species of #Lactobacillus bacteria found in kefir grains cannot survive on their own in milk (the other key ingredient in kefir).

Lactobacillus uses kefir grains to bind together all other microbes that it needs to survive

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-kefir-microbial-teamwork.html