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Starters made with whole wheat flour contained higher levels of Companilactobacillus, while those made with bread flour had more Levilactobacillus.

From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2026

Starters can be made with wheat, rye, barley, teff, millet, or other grains, each supplying a distinct set of nutrients that microbes depend on to grow.

From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2026

Starters in 2025 averaged just over five innings, down from 6 ½ frames 50 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Starters seldom go six or seven innings in the regular season any more, let alone in October.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024

Starters, 143; for cheese, 167; propagation of, 146.

From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Hastings, Edwin George