Shotgun Metagenomics of a Water Kefir Fermentation Ecosystem Reveals a Novel Oenococcus Species

M Verce, L De Vuyst, S Weckx - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Water kefir is a fruity, sour, slightly alcoholic and carbonated beverage, which is made by
fermentation of an aqueous sucrose solution in the presence of dried figs and water kefir …

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

AJ Marsh, O O'Sullivan, C Hill, RP Ross… - FEMS microbiology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Water kefir is a water–sucrose-based beverage, fermented by a symbiosis of bacteria and
yeast to produce a final product that is lightly carbonated, acidic and that has a low alcohol …

The metagenomic composition of water kefir microbiota

O Yerlikaya, E Akan, Ö Kinik - … Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Water kefir is a sourish, slightly alcoholic, and carbonated drink in which different dried fruits
are added to the sucrose-containing solution and fermented using water kefir grains. Kefir …

[HTML][HTML] A temporal view of the water kefir microbiota and flavour attributes

SH Patel, JP Tan, RA Börner, SJ Zhang, S Priour… - Innovative Food Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water kefir is a fermented beverage often produced in a household setting through the
inoculation of a microbial community (water kefir grains) into a sugar rich solution. To date, a …

Microbial species diversity, community dynamics, and metabolite kinetics of water kefir fermentation

D Laureys, L De Vuyst - Applied and environmental microbiology, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Water kefir is a sour, alcoholic, and fruity fermented beverage of which the fermentation is
started with water kefir grains. These water kefir grains consist of polysaccharide and …

Comparative phylobiomic analysis of the bacterial community of water kefir by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and ARDRA analysis

A Gulitz, J Stadie, MA Ehrmann… - Journal of applied …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Aims The aim of this study was to analyse the bacterial microbiota of water kefir using culture‐
independent methods. Methods and Results We compared four water kefirs of different …

An update on water kefir: Microbiology, composition and production

KM Lynch, S Wilkinson, L Daenen, EK Arendt - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water kefir is a sparkling, slightly acidic fermented beverage produced by fermenting a
solution of sucrose, to which dried fruits have been added, with water kefir grains. These …

The type and concentration of inoculum and substrate as well as the presence of oxygen impact the water kefir fermentation process

D Laureys, F Leroy, T Hauffman, M Raes… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Eleven series of water kefir fermentation processes differing in the presence of oxygen and
the type and concentration of inoculum and substrate, were followed as a function of time to …

Zooming into the microbiota of home-made and industrial kefir produced in Greece using classical microbiological and amplicon-based metagenomics analyses

M Kazou, A Grafakou, E Tsakalidou… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Kefir is a high nutritional fermented dairy beverage associated with a wide range of health
benefits. It constitutes a unique symbiotic association, comprising mainly lactic acid bacteria …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the milk kefir pan-metagenome reveals four community types, core species, and associated metabolic pathways

LH Walsh, M Coakley, AM Walsh, F Crispie… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
A comprehensive metagenomics-based investigation of the microorganisms present within
milk kefir communities from across the globe was carried out with a view to defining the milk …