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Wy3278 Lambic Blend - Lacto

WB-BUG-2026-018 · stage: retired · isolated 2025-08 (month known, exact day not recorded); died later (date not recorded)

General Notes

Isolated from a commercial mixed lambic culture, Wyeast 3278 Belgian Lambic Blend, together with Wy3278 Lambic Blend - Sacch; the story is in the Wy3278 Lambic Blend journey.

The lacto, well, it died at some point. Not held, so it is not in the bank inventory.

Technical notes

n/a (not traced to a named strain). Wyeast names the blend's bacteria only by genus, Lactobacillus and Pediococcus.1

Morphology

Colony morphology not recorded. Medium, days and temperature not recorded. The plate below shows more than one colony type; which of them are the Lactobacillus was not recorded.

Plate with a dense spread of small cream colonies across the upper half, larger round white colonies scattered below, and a few flat, irregular, translucent colonies near the lower edge, handwritten label on the base Lactobacillus plate · medium, days and temperature not recorded

  1. Wyeast Laboratories -- 3278 Belgian Lambic Blend ↩