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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 83, Issue 16, Pages -Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00983-17
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Lard d'Arnad; spoilage microbiota; meat live microbiota; RNA-based amplicon sequencing
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Valle d'Aosta Lard d'Arnad is a protected designation of origin (PDO) product produced from fat of the shoulder and back of heavy pigs. Its manufacturing process can be very diverse, especially regarding the maturation temperature and the NaCl concentration used for the brine; thereby, the main goal of this study was to investigate the impact of those parameters on the microbiota developed during curing and ripening. Three farms producing Lard d'Arnad were selected. Two plants, reflecting the industrial process characterized either by low maturation temperature (plant A [10% NaCl, 2 degrees C]) or by using a low NaCl concentration (plant B [2.5% NaCl, 4 degrees C]), were selected, while the third was characterized by an artisanal process (plant C [30% NaCl, 8 degrees C]). Lard samples were obtained at time 0 and after 7, 15, 30, 60, and 90 days of maturation. From each plant, 3 independent lots were analyzed. The diversity of live microbiota was evaluated by using classical plate counts and amplicon target sequencing of small subunit (SSU) rRNA. The main taxa identified by sequencing were Acinetobacter johnsonii, Psychrobacter, Staphylococcus equorum, Staphylococcus sciuri, Pseudomonas fragi, Brochothrix, Halomonas, and Vibrio, and differences in their relative abundances distinguished samples from the individual plants. The composition of the microbiota was more similar among plants A and B, and it was characterized by the higher presence of taxa recognized as undesired bacteria in food-processing environments. Oligotype analysis of Halomonas and Acinetobacter revealed the presence of several characteristic oligotypes associated with A and B samples.
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