Discovering the indigenous microbial communities associated with the natural fermentation of sap from the cider gum Eucalyptus gunnii
| Autor: | Joanna F. Sundstrom, Kathleen Cuijvers, Cristian Varela, Anthony R. Borneman, Vladimir Jiranek |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
Microorganism 030106 microbiology lcsh:Medicine Microbial communities Tasmania Article Banksia Microbial ecology 03 medical and health sciences Yeasts Botany DNA Fungal lcsh:Science Phylogeny Winemaking Eucalyptus Multidisciplinary Bacteria biology Alcoholic Beverages Microbiota lcsh:R Australia Fungi Fungal genetics biology.organism_classification Yeast 030104 developmental biology Eucalyptus gunnii Fermentation Food Microbiology lcsh:Q Fermented Foods Genome Fungal |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | Over the course of human history and in most societies, fermented beverages have had a unique economic and cultural importance. Before the arrival of the first Europeans in Australia, Aboriginal people reportedly produced several fermented drinks including mangaitch from flowering cones of Banksia and way-a-linah from Eucalyptus tree sap. In the case of more familiar fermented beverages, numerous microorganisms, including fungi, yeast and bacteria, present on the surface of fruits and grains are responsible for the conversion of the sugars in these materials into ethanol. Here we describe native microbial communities associated with the spontaneous fermentation of sap from the cider gum Eucalyptus gunnii, a Eucalyptus tree native to the remote Central Plateau of Tasmania. Amplicon-based phylotyping showed numerous microbial species in cider gum samples, with fungal species differing greatly to those associated with winemaking. Phylotyping also revealed several fungal sequences which do not match known fungal genomes suggesting novel yeast species. These findings highlight the vast microbial diversity associated with the Australian Eucalyptus gunnii and the native alcoholic beverage way-a-linah. |
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