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Increased attention has been given to whole grain and plant-based foods due to health concerns. Sweet fermented oats (SFOs) are such traditional fermented food from China. However, reports on their microbiota and relations with the nutrients and flavor were scarcely few, hindering their wider application. The comprehensive microbial composition, metabolic compounds and their correlations of representative SFOs from northwestern China were firstly investigated. Firmicutes predominated the microbial communities, followed by Proteobacteria. Weissella, Bacillus and Lactobacillus were dominant bacterial genera, biomarkers and core bacteria as well. GC–MS (Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometer) identified the metabolic compounds, among which the categories fatty acids and carboxylic acids most abundant. Eighteen chemicals showed significant differences among the five SFOs, including ethyl octanoate, neryl acetate, l-sorbose, diglycerol, cellotetraose etc. Fatty acids, carboxylic acids, amino acids, peptides, oligosaccharides, and monosaccharides were the key substances responsible for the unique flavor and rich nutrients in SFOs. The core bacteria were closely related to chemical acids, esters, flavone and alcohol. Pediococcus showed a negative correlation with 2,3-butanediol. SFOs were made in the laboratory with the core bacterial strains, obtaining a high abundance of nutrient chemicals and sensory evaluation value. The research provided a foundation for the improvement, further application and industrialization of SFOs.
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Ren, F., Liu, M., Liu, Y. et al. Core microbes closely related with the nutrients and flavor of sweet fermented oats (whole grain food) from China. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 39, 236 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-023-03680-7
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