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Highly diluted acetic acid, an active ingredient of household vinegar, has been shown to be an effective alternative agent to prevent infection and kill bacteria found in burn wounds. Researchers from ...

If fighting weeds in your garden has you in a pickle, you’ll be interested in a USDA research report about using acetic acid (vinegar) as an herbicide. USDA researchers confirmed that acetic acid is ...

Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are pivotal in both traditional and modern applications of vinegar production. These Gram‐negative, obligately aerobic microorganisms oxidise ethanol to acetic acid through ...

Vinegar is an aqueous solution of acetic acid, produced by the fermentation of sugars or ethanol. The solution has been used for thousands of years as a common disinfectant. The standard white vinegar ...

A study published in the journal PLOS ONE demonstrates the effectiveness of acetic acid, the main component of vinegar, in inactivating severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).