Oxidation of metabolites highlights the microbial interactions and role of Acetobacter pasteurianus during cocoa bean fermentation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1848-1857

  Moens, Frédéric ^a   Lefeber, Timothy ^a   De Vuyst, Luc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID BACTERIA; ACETOBACTER PASTEURIANUS; FAST OXIDATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; OXIDATION KINETICS; STARTER CULTURES;

ACETIC ACID; ACETOBACTER; BIOMOLECULES; COCOA; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FRUCTOSE; LABORATORIES; METABOLITES; OXIDATION; PH; POLYOLS; STRAIN; SUBSTRATES; YEAST;

LACTIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIUM; CITRIC ACID; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FRUIT; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; SUBSTRATE;

ALCOHOL; LACTIC ACID; MANNITOL;

ACETOBACTER; ARTICLE; CACAO; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; METABOLISM; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACETOBACTER; CACAO; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; MANNITOL; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84897599554     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03344-13     Document Type: Article

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