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Other factors can determine if a ''facultative heterofermentative'' species uses ''homolactic'' or ''heterolactic'' fermentation. For example, L. plantarum, which is a ''facultatively heterofermentative'' species, is ''homolactic'' without the presence of oxygen. In the presence of oxygen, however, it performs ''heterolactic'' fermentation, and produces acetic acid <ref>[https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Lactobacillus_plantarum_and_its_biological_implications Lactobacillus plantarum and its biological implications. Microbe Wiki. Retrieved 6/7/2015.]</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1083842231643990/?comment_id=1084922688202611&offset=0&total_comments=28&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D Conversation with Lance Shaner about L. plantarum on MTF. 6/7/2015.]</ref>.
It is worth noting that the amount of CO2 produced is very small in ''heterofermentative'' species. Lance Shaner of Omega Yeast Labs noted that although L. brevis is classified as ''heterofermentative'', the human eye cannot detect any CO2 production in the Omega Yeast Lactobacillus blend (OYL-605). Lance still needs to test this blend to see if it does produce any CO2. It is clear though that any type of ''Lactobacillus'', regardless of whether it is ''heterofermentative'' or ''homofermentative'', cannot produce a krausen. Krausens are often seen with the use of commercially available ''Lactobacillus'' cultures. If a krausen develops in wort when it is the only culture that is pitched and, this is indicative of cross contamination of ''Saccharomyces'' or ''Brettanomyces'' in the wort or even the ''Lactobacillus'' culture itself <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1083842231643990/?comment_id=1084646124896934&offset=0&total_comments=26&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R8%22%7D Discussion with Lance Shaner on MTF. 6/7/2015.]</ref>.
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