“…The dominant bacterial genus in the system is Komagataeibacter (formerly Gluconacetobacter , and prior to that, Acetobacter , Yamada et al, 2012) (Marsh et al, 2014; Chakravorty et al, 2016) with numerous species identified within various kombucha cultures. These include Komagataeibacter xylinus (Reva et al, 2015; De Filippis et al, 2018), Komagataeibacter intermedius (Dos Santos et al, 2015; Reva et al, 2015; Gaggìa et al, 2019), Komagataeibacter rhaeticus (Machado et al, 2016; Semjonovs et al, 2017; Gaggìa et al, 2019), Komagataeibacter saccharivorans (Reva et al, 2015; De Filippis et al, 2018), and Komagataeibacter kombuchae (Reva et al, 2015). Another AAB genus often found in kombucha cultures is Gluconobacter (Reva et al, 2015; Chakravorty et al, 2016; Gaggìa et al, 2019).…”