Environmental Microbiota Drives Microbial Succession and Metabolic Profiles during Chinese Liquor Fermentation.

ABSTRACT: Many microorganisms in the environment participate in the fermentation process of Chinese liquor. However, it is unknown to what extent the environmental microbiota influences fermentation. In this study, high-throughput sequencing combined with multiphasic metabolite target analysis was applied to study the microbial succession and metabolism changes during Chinese liquor fermentation from two environments (old and new workshops). SourceTracker was applied to evaluate the contribution of environmental microbiota to fermentation. Results showed that Daqu contributed 9.10 to 27.39% of bacterial communities and 61.06 to 80.00% of fungal communities to fermentation, whereas environments (outdoor ground, indoor ground, tools, and other unknown environments) contributed 62.61 to 90.90% of bacte

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5795089 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature