Authors: Jie Gao Fengying Gu Jie He Jianzhong Xiao Qihe Chen Hui Ruan Guoqing He
Publish Date: 2013/01/23
Volume: 236, Issue: 3, Pages: 549-556
Abstract
Bacterial diversity of Tibetan kefir grains from different areas in China was investigated by cultureindependent metagenomic methods and comprehensive taxonomic profiling was done Eleven genera and their proportions were found in all the 4 samples and they were Lactococcus 4093–7202 Lactobacillus 1050–4789 Acetobacter 450–1415 Shewanella 173–758 Leuconostoc 064–084 Pseudomonas 007–063 Streptococcus 002–022 Acinetobacter 005–012 Pelomonas 0–001 Dysgonomonas 0–001 and Weissella 0–001 Shewanella Acinetobacter Pelomonas Dysgonomonas Weissella and Pseudomonas were the first time found in Tibetan kefir grains αDiversity analysis showed that they varied in bacterial richness and diversity while βdiversity showed that the variation of genera composition among sampling sites was small Principal component analysis showed that Lactobacillus Lactococcus and Acetobacter were the main genera which caused the diversity This study provided theoretical basis for further investigation and application of Tibetan kefir grains
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