The genus Oenococcus

Endo, Akihito; Dicks, Leon M. T.

doi:10.1002/9781118655252.ch24

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“…Members of the genus Pediococcus are frequently associated with vegetable fermentations, but can be isolated from a wide variety of habitats (Franz et al, 2014). The same applies for members of the genera Leuconostoc (Bjorkröth et al, 2014a) and Weissella (Bjorkröth et al, 2014b) while Oenococcus (Endo et al, 2014a), Fructobacillus (Endo et al, 2014b) and the new genus Periweissella (Bello et al, 2022) are more strictly associated with plants and vegetable fermentations.…”

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Metataxonomic insights in the distribution ofLactobacillaceaein foods and food environments

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Zotta

Giavalisco

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Members of the family Lactobacillaceae, which now includes former members of the genera Lactobacillus and Pediococcus, but also member of the family Leuconostocaceae, are of foremost importance in food fermentations and spoilage, but also as components of animal and human microbiota and as potentially pathogenic microorganisms. Knowledge of the ecological distribution of a given species and genus is important, among other things, for the inclusion in lists of microorganisms with a Qualified Presumption of Safety or with beneficial use. The objective of this work is to use the data in FoodMicrobionet database to obtain quantitative insights (in terms of both abundance and prevalence) on the distribution of these bacteria in foods and food environments. We first explored the reliability of taxonomic assignments using the SILVA v138.1 reference database with full length and partial sequences of the 16S rRNA gene for type strain sequences. Full length 16S rRNA gene sequences allow a reasonably good classification at the genus and species level in phylogenetic trees but shorter sequences (V1-V3, V3-V4, V4) perform much worse, with type strains of many species sharing identical V4 and V3-V4 sequences. Taxonomic assignment at the genus level of 16S rRNA genes sequences and the SILVA v138.1 reference database can be done for almost all genera of the family Lactobacillaceae with a high degree of confidence for full length sequences, and with a satisfactory level of accuracy for the V1-V3 regions. Results for the V3-V4 and V4 region are still acceptable but significantly worse. Taxonomic assignment at the species level for sequences for the V1-V3, V3-V4, V4 regions of the 16S rRNA gene of members of the family Lactobacillaceae is hardly possible and, even for full length sequences, and only 49.9% of the type strain sequences can be unambiguously assigned to species. We then used the FoodMicrobionet database to evaluate the prevalence and abundance of Lactobacillaceae in food samples and in food related environments. Generalist and specialist genera were clearly evident. The lifestyle of several genera was confirmed and insights on the distribution and potential origin of rare genera (Dellaglioa, Holzapfelia, Schleiferilactobacillus) were obtained. We also found that combining Amplicon Sequence Variants from different studies is indeed possible, but provides little additional information, even when strict criteria are used for the filtering of sequences.

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