Turbatrix aceti

Turbatrix aceti

Taxobox
name = Vinegar eel
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Nemotoda
classis = Secernentea
ordo = Rhabditida
family = Panagrolaimidae
genus = "Turbatrix"
species = "T. aceti"
binomial = "Turbatrix aceti"
binomial_authority =
synonyms =
*"Anguillula aceti"

"Turbatrix aceti" (Vinegar eels, Vinegar nematode) are free-living nematodes that feed on the microbial culture, called mother of vinegar that is used to create vinegar and may continue to persist in unfiltered vinegar.

Although they are harmless and non-parasitic, leaving eels in vinegar is considered objectionable and is not permitted in vinegar bottled for consumers in the United States [ [http://www.fda.gov/ora/compliance_ref/cpg/cpgfod/cpg525-825.html FDA: Sec. 525.825 Vinegar, Definitions - Adulteration with Vinegar Eels (CPG 7109.22)] ] . Manufacturers normally filter and pasteurize their product prior to bottling to prevent the eels from occurring.

Vinegar eels are often given to fry (baby fish) as a live food, like microworms.

External links

* [http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/vinegar.htm Vinegar Eels (Home of the Rainbowfish)]

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  • Turbatrix aceti — noun minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e.g. vinegar • Syn: ↑vinegar eel, ↑vinegar worm, ↑Anguillula aceti • Hypernyms: ↑eelworm • Member Holonyms: ↑Anguillula, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Turbatrix — noun a genus of Cephalobidae • Syn: ↑Anguillula, ↑genus Anguillula, ↑genus Turbatrix • Hypernyms: ↑worm genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cephalobidae, ↑family Cephalobidae …   Useful english dictionary

  • Anguillula aceti — Turbatrix aceti …   Medical dictionary

  • Anguillula aceti — Turbatrix aceti Systematik Stamm: Fadenwürmer (Nematoda) Klasse: Secernentea Ordnung: Rhabditida Familie: Panagrolaimidae …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Turbatrix — A genus of free living nematodes in the family Cephalobidae. [L. turbare, to disturb] T. aceti a species found in old vinegar or in rotting fruits and vegetables and occasionally as a contaminant in laboratory solutions. SYN: vinegar eel. * * *… …   Medical dictionary

  • Anguillula aceti — noun minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e.g. vinegar • Syn: ↑vinegar eel, ↑vinegar worm, ↑Turbatrix aceti • Hypernyms: ↑eelworm • Member Holonyms: ↑Anguillula, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Turbatrix — noun a genus of Cephalobidae • Syn: ↑Anguillula, ↑genus Anguillula, ↑Turbatrix • Hypernyms: ↑worm genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cephalobidae, ↑family Cephalobidae …   Useful english dictionary

  • Essigälchen — Turbatrix aceti Systematik Stamm: Fadenwürmer (Nematoda) Klasse: Secernentea Ordnung: Rhabditida Familie: Panagrolaimidae …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • vinegar eel — Turbatrix aceti, small (2mm), nematodes which live in weakly acidic water and are used as fish food. They are cultured in a special cider vinegar solution and fed pieces of rotting apple. The nematodes need to be filtered out of the solution… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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