Vinegar bowls
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Rotten vinegar with vinegar gels |
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| ( Müller , 1783) |
The vinegar gel ( Turbatrix aceti , syn .: Anguillula aceti ) is a free- living , bacteria- eating roundworm (Elchen), which can reach a length of up to 2 mm (male 1 mm).
Occurrence
The vinegar gel occurs preferably in media containing sugar or alcohol, in which acetic acid fermentation takes place, and feeds on the acetic acid bacteria . In the spread of vinegar eels on fermenting fruit, fruit flies play an important role. During the production of vinegar, the vinegar is cleaned of the elderly through filtration and pasteurization .
features
The adult animals, which appear whitish, have a pointed rear end and a rounded front end. After hatching, four larval stages are passed through, of which the third is able to develop a resistant permanent form in poor environmental conditions. It multiplies quickly as numerous generations can grow in the year.
use
Since vinegar eels are easy to breed, they also serve as fresh food for fish larvae in aquariums . Because of their rapid generational succession, they are also used as experimental animals for genetic research.
literature
- Birgit and Heinz Mehlhorn: Ticks, mites, flies, cockroaches - check for vermin. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1992; ISBN 3-540-55348-7
- At Shizhang : The phases of the life cycle of the Anguillula aceti Ehrbg. and their experimental-morphological influence / by Si-tsan Pai , Leipzig: Akad. Verlagsges., 1928, Zugl .: Tübingen, Univ., Diss., 1928