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Secrets of Sourdough (encore)

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The Complexity of Sourdough Starters

We get a total of about 193 kinds of bacteria in the sourdoughs, which is a lot more than the bakers tend to think is there. Something like 80 of those are also found on hands. And roughly the same number seems to be found in the flour. We saw almost nothing in the water, so they're probably not coming from the water. They did see some microbes that weren't accounted for, that were not from the hands or the flour.

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