Volume 46, Issue 12 e17052
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Effect of homo- and hetero-fermentative lactic acid bacteria on physicochemical properties, amino acid, and volatile flavor compounds during paocai fermentation by pure culture

Zhanggen Liu

Zhanggen Liu

State Key Laboratory of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang, P.R. China

School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, P.R. China

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Muyan Xiao

Muyan Xiao

State Key Laboratory of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang, P.R. China

School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, P.R. China

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Yazhou Xu

Yazhou Xu

State Key Laboratory of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang, P.R. China

School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, P.R. China

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Danyang Li

Danyang Li

State Key Laboratory of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang, P.R. China

School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, P.R. China

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Wenhuan Zhu

Wenhuan Zhu

Food Science Program, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Tao Huang

Tao Huang

State Key Laboratory of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang, P.R. China

School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, P.R. China

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Fei Peng

Fei Peng

State Key Laboratory of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang, P.R. China

School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, P.R. China

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Qianqian Guan

Qianqian Guan

State Key Laboratory of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang, P.R. China

School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, P.R. China

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Zhen Peng

Zhen Peng

State Key Laboratory of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang, P.R. China

School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, P.R. China

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Mingyong Xie

Mingyong Xie

State Key Laboratory of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang, P.R. China

School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, P.R. China

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Tao Xiong

Corresponding Author

Tao Xiong

State Key Laboratory of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang, P.R. China

School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, P.R. China

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Tao Xiong, State Key Laboratory of Food Science & Technology, No. 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, P.R. China.

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First published: 21 August 2022
Citations: 7

Zhanggen Liu and Muyan Xiao contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

This study investigated the physicochemical properties, amino acid, and volatile flavor compounds of paocai inoculated with homo- (Lactobacillus pentosus NCU050008 and Lactobacillus plantarum NCU001290) and hetero-fermentative lactic acid bacteria (LAB) (Leuconostoc mesenteroides NCU018030 and Lactobacillus brevis NCU002227). The lactic acid, arginine, cysteine, cineole, and (+)-3-carene mainly contributed to the characteristics of paocai fermented inoculated with homo-fermentative LAB, while the acetic acid, proline, histidine, alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, glycine, phenylalanine, methionine, and trans-3-caren-2-ol mainly contributed to the characteristics of paocai fermented inoculated with hetero-fermentative LAB. Principal Component Analysis showed that the metabolism of paocai samples fermented inoculated with homo-fermentative LAB significantly differed from those in paocai with hetero-fermentative LAB. This study provides insights into the effects of homo- and hetero-fermentative lactic acid bacteria on the physicochemical properties, amino acid, and volatile flavor in paocai and might help for industrial paocai production.

Novelty impact statement

The results of this study showed the physicochemical properties, amino acid, and volatile flavor compounds of paocai inoculated with homo-fermentative lactic acid bacteria significantly differed from those of paocai inoculated with hetero-fermentative lactic acid bacteria (LAB) (Leuconostoc mesenteroides NCU018030 and Lactobacillus brevis NCU002227). Moreover, the characteristic compounds of paocai fermented inoculated with homo-fermentative LAB also differed from those of paocai fermented and inoculated with hetero-fermentative LAB. Therefore, the data obtained in this study provides a better understanding of the effects of homo-fermentative lactic acid and hetero-fermentative lactic acid bacteria on the paocai and would be very beneficial for the production of high-quality paocai.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors have declared no conflicts of interest for this article.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

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