Fermentative foods: Microbiology, biochemistry, potential human health benefits and public health issues

C Voidarou, M Antoniadou, G Rozos, A Tzora… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fermented foods identify cultures and civilizations. History, climate and the particulars of
local production of raw materials have urged humanity to exploit various pathways of …

Integrated multi‐omics approaches to understand microbiome assembly in Jiuqu, a mixed‐culture starter

J Kang, Y Xue, X Chen, BZ Han - Comprehensive Reviews in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The use of Jiuqu as a saccharifying and fermenting starter in the production of fermented
foods is a very old biotechnological process that can be traced back to ancient times. Jiuqu …

Synbiotic effects of fermented rice on human health and wellness: a natural beverage that boosts immunity

S Fuloria, J Mehta, MP Talukdar, M Sekar… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fermented foods have been an important component of the human diet from the time
immemorial. It contains a high amount of probiotics that have been associated to a wide …

Microbial diversity and chemical analysis of the starters used in traditional Chinese sweet rice wine

H Cai, T Zhang, Q Zhang, J Luo, C Cai, J Mao - Food Microbiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Chinese sweet rice wine (CSRW) is a popular alcoholic drink in China. To investigate the
effect of the microbial composition in CSRW starters on the final quality of the alcoholic drink …

Microbial diversity and flavor of Chinese rice wine (Huangjiu): An overview of current research and future prospects

GM Chen, ZR Huang, L Wu, Q Wu, WL Guo… - Current Opinion in Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chinese rice wine (Huangjiu), a typical representative of traditional fermented foods in
China, is distinguished for its unique flavor. Microorganisms play the most important role in …

Shotgun Metagenomics of a Water Kefir Fermentation Ecosystem Reveals a Novel Oenococcus Species

M Verce, L De Vuyst, S Weckx - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Water kefir is a fruity, sour, slightly alcoholic and carbonated beverage, which is made by
fermentation of an aqueous sucrose solution in the presence of dried figs and water kefir …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial community starters affect the profiles of volatile compounds in traditional Chinese Xiaoqu rice wine: Assement via high-throughput sequencing and …

R Xiao, S Chen, X Wang, K Chen, J Hu, K Wei, Y Ning… - LWT, 2022 - Elsevier
Xiaoqu is a saccharifying and alcohol-producing, flavoring agent used in brewing Chinese
rice wine (CRW). We combined high-throughput sequencing with headspace solid-phase …

Isolation, characterization and comparative genomics of potentially probiotic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strains from Indian foods

S Surve, DB Shinde, R Kulkarni - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum is one of the most diverse species of lactic acid bacteria found
in various habitats. The aim of this work was to perform preliminary phenotypic and genomic …

[HTML][HTML] Determination of the microbial community in Amazonian cocoa bean fermentation by Illumina-based metagenomic sequencing

JL Serra, FG Moura, GV de Melo Pereira, CR Soccol… - Lwt, 2019 - Elsevier
High-throughput DNA sequencing (HTS) was used to investigate the microbial community of
cocoa bean spontaneous fermentation in the Amazon biome. The characterization was …

[HTML][HTML] The microbiome of Chinese rice wine (Huangjiu)

S Tian, W Zeng, F Fang, J Zhou, G Du - Current Research in Food Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Chinese rice wine (Huangjiu) has a long history and has been popular in China for
thousands of years. During Huangjiu fermentation, many kinds of microorganisms are …