Sequence-based analysis of the microbial composition of water kefir from multiple sources

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 348, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-85

  Marsh, Alan J ^a,b,c   O'Sullivan, Orla ^a   Hill, Colin ^b,c   Ross, R Paul ^a,b   Cotter, Paul D ^a,b  

^a TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Food fermentation; Sequencing; Sugary kefir; Tibicos; Water kefir; Zymomonas

Indexed keywords

KEFIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER KEFIR;

ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM; ACETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BEVERAGE; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; CANADA; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEKKERA; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GLUCONACETOBACTER; GRAIN; HANSENIASPORA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LACHANCEA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LEUCONOSTOC; MEYEROZYMA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TORULASPORA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES; ZYMOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEKKERA; HANSENIASPORA; LACHANCEA; SACCHAROMYCES; TORULASPORA; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES; ZYMOMONAS;

FOOD FERMENTATION; SEQUENCING; SUGARY KEFIR; TIBICOS; WATER KEFIR; ZYMOMONAS;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; FUNGI; GREAT BRITAIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885481212     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12248     Document Type: Article

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