Microbial community structure and dynamics of dark fire-cured tobacco fermentation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 825-837

  Di Giacomo, Michele ^a   Paolino, Marianna ^a   Silvestro, Daniele ^a   Vigliotta, Giovanni ^b   Imperi, Francesco ^c,d   Visca, Paolo ^c,d   Alifano, Pietro ^b   Parente, Dino ^a  

^a R and D   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; CIGARETTE FILTERS; MICROBIOLOGY; PH EFFECTS; SUGARS; TOBACCO; YEAST;

DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MESOPHILIC ENVIRONMENT; SINGLE-STRAND CONFORMATIONAL POLYMORPHISM;

FERMENTATION;

CITRIC ACID; DNA; MALIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROSAMINE; OXALIC ACID; RNA 16S; SUGAR;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GROWTH; TOBACCO; YEAST;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AEROCOCCUS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; ITALY; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PLANT LEAF; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOBACCO; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WEISSELLA; YANIA;

BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FERMENTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SACCHAROMYCETALES; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA; CIGARS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FERMENTATION; PH; SUGARS; TOBACCO; YEASTS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AEROCOCCUS; BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); CORYNEBACTERIUM; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; JEOTGALICOCCUS; LACTOBACILLALES; LACTOBACILLUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WEISSELLA; YANIA;

EID: 33846908273     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02378-06     Document Type: Article

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