Application of comparative genomics of Acetobacter species facilitates genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of the Acetobacter ghanensis LMG 23848^T and Acetobacter senegalensis 108B cocoa strains.

ABSTRACT: Acetobacter species play an import role during cocoa fermentation. However, Acetobacter ghanensis and Acetobacter senegalensis are outcompeted during fermentation of the cocoa pulp-bean mass, whereas Acetobacter pasteurianus prevails. In this paper, an in silico approach aimed at delivering some insights into the possible metabolic adaptations of A. ghanensis LMG 23848^T and A. senegalensis 108B, two candidate starter culture strains for cocoa fermentation processes, by reconstructing genome-scale metabolic models (GEMs). Therefore, genome sequence data of a selection of strains of Acetobacter species were used to perform a comparative genomic analysis. Combining the predicted orthologous groups of protein-encoding genes fro

SUBMITTER: Pelicaen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9729256 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature