Carbohydrate metabolism in Oenococcus oeni: a genomic insight.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oenococcus oeni is the bacterial species that drives malolactic fermentation in most wines. Several studies have described a high intraspecific diversity regarding carbohydrate degradation abilities but the link between the phenotypes and the genes and metabolic pathways has been poorly described.

Results

A collection of 41 strains whose genomic sequences were available and representative of the species genomic diversity was analyzed for growth on 18 carbohydrates relevant in wine. The most frequently used substrates (more than 75% of the strains) were glucose, trehalose, ribose, cellobiose, mannose and melibiose. Fructose and L-arabinose were used by about half the strains studied, sucrose, maltose, xylose, galactose and raffinose were used by less than 25% of th

SUBMITTER: Cibrario A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5131533 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature