Distribution of Oenococcus oeni populations in natural habitats
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Author(s)
Lorentzen, Marc PG
Lucas, Patrick M
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Oenococcus oeni is the lactic acid bacteria species most commonly encountered in wine, where it develops after the alcoholic fermentation and achieves the malolactic fermentation that is needed to improve the quality of most wines. O. oeni is abundant in the oenological environment as well as in apple cider and kombucha, whereas it is a minor species in the natural environment. Numerous studies have shown that there is a great diversity of strains in each wine region and in each product or type of wine. Recently, genomic studies have shed new light on the species diversity, population structure, and environmental distribution. They revealed that O. oeni has unique genomic features that have contributed to its fast evolution and adaptation to the enological environment. They have also unveiled the phylogenetic diversity and genomic properties of strains that develop in different regions or different products. This review explores the distribution of O. oeni and the diversity of strains in natural habitats.
Date Issued
2019-04
Date Acceptance
2019-02-06
Citation
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2019, 103 (7), pp.2937-2945
ISSN
0175-7598
Publisher
Springer (part of Springer Nature)
Start Page
2937
End Page
2945
Journal / Book Title
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Volume
103
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
© 2019 The Author(s). Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30788540
PII: 10.1007/s00253-019-09689-z
Subjects
Domestication
Evolution
Genomics
Malolactic fermentation
Oenococcus oeni
Wine
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
Germany
Date Publish Online
2019-02-20