中国传统发酵食品微生物组研究进展

传统发酵食品风味独特、营养丰富,多采用自然接种方式进行生产,部分类型的生产技艺已具有数千年的历史。近年来应用新技术手段对传统发酵食品发酵过程进行的研究表明,传统发酵食品微生物组具有丰富的科学内涵和重要的应用价值。本文就我国传统发酵食品微生物组的基本特征、研究进展和发展方向进行了简要的评述。     

液质发酵食品中微生物群落及与乳酸菌间相互作用研究进展

液质发酵食品发酵过程中微生物组成复杂,复杂的微生物发酵体系会影响微生物的生长和代谢,继而改变微生物的群落结构与功能,最终影响液质发酵食品的品质.乳酸菌在食品发酵中对形成风味物质、提高营养价值、抑制腐败菌生长具有重要的作用.本文主要对近年来食醋、酱油和饮料酒等液质发酵食品中微生物群落及与乳酸菌间相互作用关系进行综述,了解...     

火腿微生物研究进展

数千年来,微生物参与的食品发酵为人类保存食物和风味多元化提供了重要的方法。这些可再生且易于操作的发酵食品为研究微生物群落提供了理想的材料。干腌火腿就是传统发酵食品之一,在微生物作用下其加工过程发生了蛋白质和脂肪的水解和氧化反应,产生的一些化合物形成了火腿的独特风味。文中描述了不同地域火腿微生物类群及其对火腿品质形成的作用,为火腿微生物今后的研究提出了参考。     

土壤微生物群落构建理论与时空演变特征

土壤微生物作为陆地生态系统的重要组成部分,直接或间接地参与几乎所有的土壤生态过程,在物质循环、能量转换以及污染物降解等过程中都发挥着重要作用。对土壤微生物时空演变规律及其形成机制的研究,不仅是微生物演变和进化的基础科学问题,也是预测微生物及其所介导的生态功能对环境条件变化响应、适应和反馈的理论依据。讨论了土壤微生物群落的定义、测度方法和指标,认为群落是联系动植物宏观生态学与微生物生态学的基础,群落构建机制是宏观和微观生态学都需要研究的核心科学问题;从生态学的群落构建理论出发,阐述了包括生态位理论/中性理论、过程理论和多样性-稳定性理论在土壤微生物时空演变研究中的应用,以及微生物群落在时间和空间上的分布特征及其尺度效应;确立了以微生物群落构建理论为基础、不同时空尺度下土壤微生物群落演变特征为主要内容的微生物演变研究的基本框架。     

传统豆瓣酱微生物群落发酵演替规律及其功能分析

[目的]解析中国传统豆瓣酱发酵过程中的微生物群落演替规律和理化代谢物质变化,探讨不同发酵阶段影响豆瓣酱风味的核心功能微生物.[方法]采用高通量测序解析豆瓣酱发酵过程中的微生物群落结构和演替,并跟踪检测发酵过程中的理化代谢物质,然后分析微生物群落和理化代谢物质变化之间的相关性,最后在体外分离核心微生物并对其功能特性进行验...     

钾肥对甘蔗根际微生物多样性和群落构建过程的影响

微生物丰富种群和稀有种群在生态系统中发挥着防止病原体传播、控制养分循环和促进污染物降解等关键作用,但目前在农田生态系统中关注较少。本研究使用高通量测序技术和构建生态模型系统评估了不同施钾量(0、75、150、225和300 kg·hm^-2)对甘蔗根际土壤细菌和真菌的丰富种群及稀有种群多样性、驱动因素和群落构建过程的影响。结果表明: 施钾肥能够显著改变甘蔗土壤养分含量和酶活性特征,在施钾量为300和225 kg·hm^-2时土壤养分含量和酶活性分别达到最高。甘蔗根际土壤微生物的丰富种群集中在几个优势类群中,施钾肥能够极显著改变根际微生物物种组成和群落结构。施钾肥条件下土壤脲酶、有机质和过氧化氢酶等是影响细菌和真菌丰富种群与稀有种群群落结构的主要限制性因子。同时施钾肥对根际细菌群落的影响大于真菌,对丰富种群的影响大于稀有种群。施钾肥后甘蔗根际细菌和真菌群落构建过程主要由确定性过程驱动,细菌群落中异质选择占主导过程,而真菌群落中同质选择占主导过程,同时细菌和真菌丰富种群和稀有种群的群落构建也受确定性过程驱动。综上表明,施钾对甘蔗土壤养分和酶活性存在显著影响,增施钾肥有助于增加细菌和真菌丰富种群及稀有种群的多样性,调控甘蔗根际土壤微生物群落构建过程。     

传统中草药对肠道益生微生物的作用研究进展

探讨传统中草药对肠道益生微生物的调整作用,重点概述了不同种类与剂量中草药对益生微生物生长的影响及相应的研究方法。在上述基础上对中草药与肠道益生微生物的作用机制、研究前景和发展趋势进行了展望。     

植物根际微生物群落构建的研究进展

植物根际是指植物根系与土壤的交界面,是根系自身生命活动和代谢对土壤影响最直接、最强烈的区域,其物理、化学和生物性质不同于土体土壤。在这个区域里,与植物发生相互作用的大量微生物,被称为根际微生物。根际微生物在植物的生长发育和植物病虫害的生物防治等方面都具有十分重要的意义。本文总结了根际微生物群落构建的研究现状,介绍了根际微生物的经典和最新的研究方法,包括根箱法、同位素技术以及高通量测序、菌群定量分析、高通量分离培养等方法在根际微生物研究中的应用,讨论了植物根系分泌物(碳水化物、氨基酸、黄酮类、酚类、激素及其信号物质)和土壤物理化学性质对根际微生物群落的影响,概述了根际微生物-植物的互作机制,以及根际微生物群落对植物的促生作用、提高植物抗逆性和抑制作用,并对根际微生物群落研究中存在的问题和未来发展方向进行了展望。     

传统大豆发酵食品中大豆异黄酮的生理保健机能的研究进展

大豆异黄酮属于黄酮类化合物,是一类具有重要生物活性的化合物,在大豆和传统大豆发酵食品中含量丰富。近年来研究发现大豆异黄酮在预防癌症、骨质疏松症、心血管疾病和改善妇女更年期综合症等方面具有广泛的生理活性,因此引起了国内外学者的广泛关注。大豆异黄酮的研究,不仅为功能性大豆制品的开发提供理论基础,也为人们合理的膳食提供参考。综述近年来国内外对大豆异黄酮生理保健机能的研究进展。     

微生物类群在叶际微生物群落构建过程中的主导作用

【背景】 叶际微生物群落构建研究对于厘清其多样性的形成和维持机制具有重要意义,但研究进展缓慢。【目的】 探究园林植物叶际微生物群落的构建过程及决定叶际微生物群落构建过程的主要因素。【方法】 在大理苍山国家自然保护区下沿,选择50 m半径范围内的3种园林植物,采集同一朝向的3种不同大小叶片,基于高通量测序技术和群落构建理论模型,分别分析了整体微生物、不同植物种类、不同叶片大小和不同微生物类群的叶际微生物群落构建过程。【结果】 整体叶际微生物群落、不同植物种类和不同大小叶片上的叶际微生物群落构建过程相似,即都由确定性过程的同质选择主导,但细菌和真菌的群落构建存在差异,即叶际真菌与细菌的群落分别由随机性过程的漂变和确定性过程的同质选择主导。通过广义线性模型分析显示,植物种类对叶际微生物的群落构建过程有显著的影响,尤其是微生物类群和微生物类群与植物种类变量组合对叶际微生物群落构建过程有极显著的影响,而叶片大小对叶际微生物群落构建过程有影响但不显著。【结论】 微生物类群是叶际微生物群落构建过程中的主导因素。     

Determination of microbial diversity in meju,fermented cooked soya beans,using nested PCR‐denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

Aims: To identify the microbiota in meju, fermented cooked soya beans, that may directly affect the microbial communities of Korean fermented soya bean foods. Methods and Results: Using conventional bacterial 16S rDNA, bacilli‐specific 16S rDNA or fungi 18S rDNA‐specific primers, PCR products were amplified through a series of PCRs using the DNA extracted from ten meju samples. The amplicons were analysed using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), which showed that Enterococcus durans was commonly detected in nine of ten meju samples. Bacillus subtilis was shown to be the major strain of bacilli in the samples tested. Based on the DGGE analysis of fungi in meju, we determined that Absidia corymbifera, Aspergillus sp. and Candida rugosa were the main fungi in the tested samples. Conclusions: A variety of bacterial and fungal micro‐organisms were identified in meju samples, in addition to the micro‐organisms already known to be present. Significance and Impact of the Study: This is the first report showing the differences and similarities in the populations of micro‐organisms in meju samples using nested PCR‐DGGE, a culture‐independent method. The results may be applicable to the development of improved meju, in which the indigenous micro‐organisms required for fermentation can be standardized.     

Pyrosequencing survey of the microbial diversity of 'narezushi', an archetype of modern Japanese sushi

Aims: This study aimed to analyse microbiota of the fermented food ‘narezushi’, an archetype of modern Japanese sushi. The pyrosequencing technique was used to analyse sequences of 16S ribosomal DNA contained in six narezushi products. Methods and Results: The V1‐V2 regions of the 16S ribosomal DNA were amplified from different narezushi products using PCR, and approximately 120 000 sequences were phylogenetically assigned at the genus level, using the Ribosomal Database Project classifier. In all samples, the microbial populations consisted of more than 90% Lactobacillales, mainly Lactobacillus or Pediococcus, reflecting their crucial role in narezushi fermentation. There were more than 700 operational taxonomy units in all samples, with Shannon–Wiener index varying from 1·69 to 2·60. Conclusions: The microbiota of all narezushi products were shown to consist largely of Lactobacillales populations. Interestingly, different species were found to be dominant in each product. Significance and Impact of the Study: This study provides an insight into the bacterial composition of fermented fish‐based foods, which are consumed worldwide. Significant differences in the dominant species were observed between products, possibly because of the starter‐free production process.     

Diversity of protists and bacteria determines predation performance and stability

Predation influences prey diversity and productivity while it effectuates the flux and reallocation of organic nutrients into biomass at higher trophic levels. However, it is unknown how bacterivorous protists are influenced by the diversity of their bacterial prey. Using 456 microcosms, in which different bacterial mixtures with equal initial cell numbers were exposed to single or multiple predators (Tetrahymena sp., Poterioochromonas sp. and Acanthamoeba sp.), we showed that increasing prey richness enhanced production of single predators. The extent of the response depended, however, on predator identity. Bacterial prey richness had a stabilizing effect on predator performance in that it reduced variability in predator production. Further, prey richness tended to enhance predator evenness in the predation experiment including all three protists predators (multiple predation experiment). However, we also observed a negative relationship between prey richness and predator production in multiple predation experiments. Mathematical analysis of potential ecological mechanisms of positive predator diversity—functioning relationships revealed predator complementarity as a factor responsible for both enhanced predator production and prey reduction. We suggest that the diversity at both trophic levels interactively determines protistan performance and might have implications in microbial ecosystem processes and services.     

Fermented foods, feeds and beverages

There has been a proliferation of books and papers dealing with the indigenous fermented foods/beverages of the world. It is anticipated that these foods/beverages will play an ever-increasingly important role in feeding both the developing and the developed world as population increases from approximately 4.5 billion to 6 billion by the year 2000 and to 8 to 12 billion people in the 21st century. The indigenous fermented foods consist of microbial protein grown on edible substrates. Microbial or single cell protein (SCP) per se continues to receive research and development attention. It is likely to play an important role in feeding animals in the future when it becomes competitive with soy protein. It may play a direct role in feeding humans in the future after its safety for feeding animals has been adequately demonstrated and it has been shown that it can be processed into foods acceptable to humans. At the present time, mushrooms, a form of microbial protein highly acceptable to humans, which can be grown readily on ligno-cellulosic and other agricultural and food processing wastes, offer considerable opportunity for expanding man's food supply.     

基于PLFA指纹图谱表征浓香型酒糟醅微生物群落结构

以9株白酒酿造过程中常见的菌株为对象,研究了不同种属菌株的细胞膜特征组分磷酸脂肪酸(PLFA)的特征,以及检出量与菌株生物量之间的关系.结果表明:供试细菌、放线菌、霉菌和酵母菌的PLFA指纹图谱存在显著差异,各菌株的PLFA指纹图谱可作为区别种属的依据.不同供试菌株生物量在一定范围内与检出的总PLFA量或16:0含量呈线性关系.将不同生物量的革兰氏阳性菌G+、革兰氏阴性菌G-和真菌分别加入糟醅后,检出的PLFA相对含量与对照差异显著.基于PLFA的指纹图谱能够定量或半定量地表征糟醅微生物群落结构特征及动态变化.经对多家酿酒企业糟醅PLFA组成的检测及微生物群落结构的剖析,该方法具有普适性.     

Effect of mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) and sestonic food abundance on the invertebrate community within a constructed treatment wetland

1. The effect of mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) predation on the invertebrate community in a hypereutrophic constructed treatment wetland in southern California was investigated at two nutrient levels that influenced sestonic food abundance. 2. Gambusia affinis and insect predators in the wetland had a significant impact on larval mosquito density in the wetland irrespective of nutrient level. At the end of the 5‐month study, cladoceran abundance in predator exclusion enclosures was 2–3 orders of magnitude greater than in the treatments that allowed access by planktivores. Chironomids were the most abundant insect group collected in emergence traps, and midge production from the high nutrient location of the wetland was greater than from the low nutrient location, but was not affected significantly by G. affinis. The presence of abundant alternative prey in this highly enriched wetland may have weakened the predation impact of G. affinis on mosquitoes. 3. The abundances of six invertebrate groups in dipper samples and of four insect groups in emergence trap collections were analysed using a multivariate distance‐based linear model. Fish treatment and location interactions with sampling date explained significant amounts of the variation in the abundance of invertebrate groups. 4. Multivariate multiple regression analysis showed that chlorophyll‐a concentration explained a large portion of the variability in non‐predatory insect and zooplankton abundance at the high nutrient location, whereas bacterial density explained a large portion of the variability in the abundances of these taxa at the low nutrient location. Predatory insects were not directly coupled to the bottom‐up influence of bacterial abundance and chlorophyll‐a.