Development of techniques for the analysis of acetic acid bacteria populations and their interaction in different food environments

The development of molecular techniques for detection, identification and typing of Acetic Acid Bacteria is the key for a better understanding of the coexistence of this microbiota in food products. Different culture-dependent and -independent techniques were applied for the identification and the e...

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Autor: Valera Martínez, María José
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Rovira i virgili (URV)
Repositorio:Repositori Institucional de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili
OAI Identifier:oai:urv.cat:TDX:1440
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX1440
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/284451
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:663/664 - Aliments i nutrició. Enologia. Olis. Greixos
579 - Microbiologia
577 - Bioquímica. Biologia molecular. Biofísica
574 - Ecologia general i biodiversitat
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Sumario:The development of molecular techniques for detection, identification and typing of Acetic Acid Bacteria is the key for a better understanding of the coexistence of this microbiota in food products. Different culture-dependent and -independent techniques were applied for the identification and the enumeration of Acetic Acid Bacteria microbiota present on healthy grapes and in wine of the Canary Islands as well as in strawberry vinegar biofilm. Species and genera of AAB not previously reported in these niches were detected. The design of specific primers and TaqMan-MGB probes in the 16S-23S rRNA gene internal transcribed region was successfully performed for the detection of the closely related species of Acetobacter malorum and Acetobacter cerevisiae using Real-Time PCR. The use of degenerated primers allowed the detection of cellulose synthase gene and the correlation of this gene with the cellulose production phenotype in AAB strains of different species. On the other hand, the functional screening in the genome of Komagataeibacter europaeus Gae02 allowed the detection of one protein, homologous to prephenate dehydratase, with quorum quenching activity.