[HTML][HTML] Spatially structured microbial consortia and their role in food fermentations
S Michielsen, GT Vercelli, OX Cordero… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Complex food fermentations can experience reproducibility issues.•Spatial
structure created by kefir and kombucha protects microbial cells from stress.•Spatial …
structure created by kefir and kombucha protects microbial cells from stress.•Spatial …
[HTML][HTML] The engineering of spatially linked microbial consortia–potential and perspectives
Traditional biotechnological applications of microorganisms employ mono-cultivation or co-
cultivation in well-mixed vessels disregarding the potential of spatially organized cultures …
cultivation in well-mixed vessels disregarding the potential of spatially organized cultures …
Microbiome assembly in fermented foods
NL Louw, K Lele, R Ye, CB Edwards… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
For thousands of years, humans have enjoyed the novel flavors, increased shelf-life, and
nutritional benefits that microbes provide in fermented foods and beverages. Recent …
nutritional benefits that microbes provide in fermented foods and beverages. Recent …
How microbes adapt to a diversity of food niches
Highlights•Starter microorganisms used in food fermentations have been domesticated by
humans.•Adaptation of starters to food niches was accompanied by several gene loss and …
humans.•Adaptation of starters to food niches was accompanied by several gene loss and …
Recent advances in molecular techniques to study microbial communities in food-associated matrices and processes
In the last two decades major changes have occurred in how microbial ecologists study
microbial communities. Limitations associated with traditional culture-based methods have …
microbial communities. Limitations associated with traditional culture-based methods have …
Microbial communities for bioprocessing: lessons learned from nature
SP Gilmore, MA O'Malley - Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Microbial consortia offer advantages to bioprocessing via complementary
metabolism.•Metabolic modeling and engineering aid the design of microbial …
metabolism.•Metabolic modeling and engineering aid the design of microbial …
Opportunities and challenges of understanding community assembly in spontaneous food fermentation
M Mudoor Sooresh, BP Willing, BCT Bourrie - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spontaneous fermentations that do not rely on backslopping or industrial starter cultures
were especially important to the early development of society and are still practiced around …
were especially important to the early development of society and are still practiced around …
Metabolic cooperation and spatiotemporal niche partitioning in a kefir microbial community
Microbial communities often undergo intricate compositional changes yet also maintain
stable coexistence of diverse species. The mechanisms underlying long-term coexistence …
stable coexistence of diverse species. The mechanisms underlying long-term coexistence …
Starting with screening strains to construct synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) for traditional food fermentation
X Jiang, Z Peng, J Zhang - Food Research International, 2024 - Elsevier
With the elucidation of community structures and assembly mechanisms in various
fermented foods, core communities that significantly influence or guide fermentation have …
fermented foods, core communities that significantly influence or guide fermentation have …
Phenotypic variation in spatially structured microbial communities: ecological origins and consequences
GG D'Souza - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•The importance of phenotypic variation in spatially structured microbial groups is
currently underappreciated.•Cellular activities can cause phenotypic variation and change …
currently underappreciated.•Cellular activities can cause phenotypic variation and change …