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<biochemistry> A type of lactic acid fermentation in which sugars (such as lactose, glucose, pentose) are converted entirely, or almost entirely, into lactic acid.
Compare: heterolactic fermentation. Both heterolactic and homolactic fermentation are done by lactic acid bacteria.
(09 Oct 1997)
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