The functional potential and active populations of the pit mud microbiome for the production of Chinese strong‐flavour liquor

Summary The popular distilled Chinese strong‐flavour liquor (CSFL) is produced by solid fermentation in the ground pit. Microbes inhabiting in the pit mud (PM) on the walls of the fermentation pit are responsible for the production of caproic acid (CA) that determines the quality of CSFL to a large...

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Main Authors: Yong Tao, Xiang Wang, Xiangzhen Li, Na Wei, Hong Jin, Zhancheng Xu, Qinglan Tang, Xiaoyu Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-11-01
Series:Microbial Biotechnology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12729