Geographically Associated Fungus-Bacterium Interactions Contribute to the Formation of Geography-Dependent Flavor during High-Complexity Spontaneous Fermentation

• DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01844-22
• Publication Date: 2022-09-22T13:01:27Z
• Authors: Yuwei Tan; Hai Du; Hongxia Zhang; Chen Fang; Guangyuan Jin; Shuang Chen; Qun Wu; Yan Zhang; Menghui Zhang; Yan Xu
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 2. Zero hunger; Bacteria; Geography; Microbiota; Fungi; Microbiology; QR1-502; microbial interaction; 03 medical and health sciences; geography-dependent flavor; flavor biotechnology; Fermentation; Chinese liquor; Humans; microbial community; spontaneous fermentation; Research Article

People consume many spontaneously fermented foods and beverages with different flavors on a daily basis. One crucial and hotly discussed question is how to reproduce fermented food flavor without geographical limitations to meet diverse human demands.