Bacterial community structure associated with smokeless tobacco reference products under different storage conditions and durations.

ABSTRACT: The microbiology of smokeless tobacco products (STPs), such as moist snuff, snus, and loose-leaf chewing tobacco, has recently received significant interest owing to the impact of microbes on product storage and safety. Tobacco leaf-associated microbes, as well as microbes introduced during product manufacturing, may play a role in formation of carcinogenic nitrosamine compounds during manufacturing and product spoilage upon storage. The Center for Tobacco Reference Products at the University of Kentucky has, since 1968, provided tobacco reference products for non-clinical research purposes. These products, including cigarettes, cigars, and STPs, are commercially produced and meant to be representative of off-the-shelf products. Reference products provide the opportunity to enhance reprodu

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12605102 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature