Dynamic changes in microbiota and mycobiota during spontaneous 'Vino Santo Trentino' fermentation.

ABSTRACT: Vino Santo is a sweet wine produced from late harvesting and pressing of Nosiola grapes in a small, well-defined geographical area in the Italian Alps. We used metagenomics to characterize the dynamics of microbial communities in the products of three wineries, resulting from spontaneous fermentation with almost the same timing and procedure. Comparing fermentation dynamics and grape microbial composition, we show a rapid increase in a small number of wine yeast species, with a parallel decrease in complexity. Despite the application of similar protocols, slight changes in the procedures led to significant differences in the microbiota in the three cases of fermentation: (i) fungal content of the must varied significantly in the different wineries, (ii) Pichia membranifaciens persisted in

SUBMITTER: Stefanini I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4767281 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature