by Roberto and Elio — If you are not deeply steeped in mi­cro­bial me­tab­o­lism ter­mi­nol­ogy, your first guess at the mean­ing of ace­to­ge­n­e­sis might be sim­ply the pro­duc­tion of ac­etate. Is vine­gar pro­duc­tion, the ox­i­da­tion of ethanol to ac­etate by acetic acid bac­te­ria, an ex­am­ple of ace­to­ge­n­e­sis? Not quite...