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BMC MICROBIOLOGY
卷 22, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-022-02446-9
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Vegetarian charcuterie; Microbial ecology; Spoilage
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The composition and dynamics of the microbiota present on vegetarian alternative to poultry-based charcuterie during storage were investigated using both culture-dependent and culture-independent methods. Lactic acid bacteria were found to be the most abundant microbial group, while the presence of Xanthomonas DNA was likely due to the use of xanthan gum as an ingredient.
Background As the increased consumption of ready-to-eat meat alternatives is a fairly recent trend, little is known about the composition and dynamics of the microbiota present on such products. Such information is nonetheless valuable in view of spoilage and food safety prevention. Even though refrigeration and modified-atmosphere-packaging (MAP) can extend the shelf-life period, microbial spoilage can still occur in these products. In the present study, the microbiota of a vegetarian alternative to poultry-based charcuterie was investigated during storage, contrasting the use of a culture-dependent method to a culture-independent metagenetic method. Results The former revealed that lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were the most abundant microbial group, specifically at the end of the shelf-life period, whereby Latilactobacillus sakei was the most abundant species. Metabarcoding analysis, in contrast, revealed that DNA of Xanthomonas was most prominently present, which likely was an artifact due to the presence of xanthan gum as an ingredient, followed by Streptococcus and Weissella. Conclusions Taken together, these results indicated that Lb. sakei was likely the most prominent specific spoilage organisms (SSO) and, additionally, that the use of metagenetic analysis needs to be interpreted with care in this specific type of product. In order to improve the performance of metagenetics in food samples with a high DNA matrix but a low bacterial DNA load, selective depletion techniques for matrix DNA could be explored.
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