Acetobacter fabarum is a bacterium that was first identified from fermenting cocoa beans in Ghana.
Description Acetobacter fabarum are gram-negative bacteria that appear as rounded rods, approximately 0.8 micrometers by 1.2 to 3 micrometers in size. If grown on agar plates, A. fabarum forms beige, round colonies that grow to 0.8 millimeters after three days at 28°C.
See also Food microbiology List of microorganisms used in food and beverage preparation
References
External links http://aem.asm.org/content/80/6/1848.full https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/483199
Type strain of Acetobacter fabarum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase