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Characterizing the interaction relationship of the microbial communities between Zaopei and pit mud disturbing by Daqu

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The differences of interaction between interphase microbial communities were evaluated caused by two kinds of Daqu, including conventional Daqu (CDQ) and fortified Daqu (FDQ). The community diversity, functional genera and metabolites in pit mud (PM) and Zaopei (ZP) were investigated by polyphasic detecting approaches. FDQ evolved the core microbial community fitting Baijiu brewing faster than CDQ. Compared with CPM, the abundance of Aspergillus, Hyphopichia, and Penicillium in FPM were 1.54, 14.75, and 1.68 times, while that of Lactobacillus, Bacillus, Methanobrevibacter, and Methanosaeta were 2.13, 1.85, 6.35, and 3.36 times, respectively. Furthermore, the content of key flavor components was increased in ZP using FDQ. These results suggested the interaction between interphase microbial communities in various phases of Baijiu fermentation niches was significant influenced by Daqu. It can not only enhance the key volatiles in ZP but also evolve the community to fit Baijiu fermentation by introducing functional genera to Daqu.

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This study was financially supported by National Research Center of Solid-State Brewing (17H1038, 17H1040), Sichuan University—Luzhou City Cooperation (2017CDLZ-S20), and Sichuan Province Science and Technology Support Program (2015KJT022-2011SZ).

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  1. College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Fermentation Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China

    Suqi Chen, Jun Huang & Rongqing Zhou

  2. Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China

    Suqi Chen, Jun Huang & Rongqing Zhou

  3. National Engineering Research Center of Solid-State Manufacturing, Luzhou, 646000, China

    Hui Qin, Yan Yang, Chuanfeng Qiu & Suyi Zhang

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Chen, S., Huang, J., Qin, H. et al. Characterizing the interaction relationship of the microbial communities between Zaopei and pit mud disturbing by Daqu. Food Sci Biotechnol 30, 1357–1367 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10068-021-00975-z

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