Dynamics and biodiversity of populations of lactic acid bacteria and acetic acid bacteria involved in spontaneous heap fermentation of cocoa beans in Ghana

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1809-1824

  Camu, Nicholas ^a   De Winter, Tom ^a   Verbrugghe, Kristof ^a   Cleenwerck, Ilse ^b   Vandamme, Peter ^b   Takrama, Jemmy S ^c   Vancanneyt, Marc ^b   De Vuyst, Luc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c New Tafo   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BIODIVERSITY; FERMENTATION; LACTIC ACID; SEED;

COCOA BEANS; MULTIPHASIC APPROACHES;

BACTERIA;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CITRIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; MANNITOL; SUGAR;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; COCOA; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; YEAST;

ACETOBACTER; ACETOBACTER GHANAENSIS; ACETOBACTER PASTEURIANUS; ACETOBACTER SENEGALENSIS; ACETOBACTER SYZYGII; ACETOBACTER TROPICALIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CACAO; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; FERMENTATION; GHANA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LEUCONOSTOC; LEUCONOSTOC PSEUDOMESENTEROIDES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEISSELLA; WEISSELLA GHANAENSIS;

ACETIC ACID; ACETOBACTER; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTORS; CACAO; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FRUCTOSE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; MANNITOL; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; YEASTS;

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; FERMENTATION; LACTIC ACID; SEEDS;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACETOBACTER; ACETOBACTER PASTEURIANUS; ACETOBACTER SYZYGII; ACETOBACTER TROPICALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LEUCONOSTOC PSEUDOMESENTEROIDES; THEOBROMA CACAO; WEISSELLA;

EID: 33947371288     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02189-06     Document Type: Article

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