Influence of 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) on the Processing and Microbial Communities of Spanish-Style and Directly Brined Green Table Olive Fermentations

This work evaluates the effect of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) on postharvest and fermentation of Manzanilla cultivar, processed as Spanish-style or directly brined table olives. During postharvest handling, 1-MCP (2.85 µL/L) reduced the number of colour-turning olives by 18.42% over the untreated f...

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Autores: López-García, Elio, Benítez-Cabello, Antonio, Rodríguez-Gómez, Francisco J., Martín-Arranz, Virginia, Garrido Fernández, A., Arroyo López, Francisco Noé
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/280793
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/280793
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85138731534
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:1-MCP
Fermentation
Metagenomic
Natural olives
Spanish-style
Table olives
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Sumario:This work evaluates the effect of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) on postharvest and fermentation of Manzanilla cultivar, processed as Spanish-style or directly brined table olives. During postharvest handling, 1-MCP (2.85 µL/L) reduced the number of colour-turning olives by 18.42% over the untreated fruits. In Spanish-style and directly brined fermentation, the 1-MCP treatment led to lower pH levels, higher titratable acidities, improved firmness and colour olives than untreated fruits. A panel of expert testers also gave higher scores, and overall acceptability to the 1-MCP treated fruits, especially in the case of Spanish-style fermented olives. Metagenomic analysis of olive biofilms at the end of the fermentation process (176 days) revealed that Lactiplantibacillus was the most abundant bacterial genus in both Spanish-style and directly brined olives (>72%). However, fungal biodiversity was higher than bacterial in all treatments. Saccharomyces was the predominant yeast genus associated with directly brined olives (>97%), whilst Wickerhamomyces (>37%) and Zygoascus (>18%) were with Spanish-style fermentations. The 1-MCP treatment doubled the presence of Wickerhamomyces in Spanish-style fruits (74%) whilst reducing the presence of Zygoascus and allowing the growth of Enterobacter (15%) in directly brined olives. Thus, the postharvesting treatment of table olives with 1-MCP could help reduce the maturation progress of olives and improve the organoleptic and quality characteristics of the products without affecting the microbiological evolution of the fermentations.