The use of multifunctional yeast-lactobacilli starter cultures improves fermentation performance of Spanish-style green table olives.

The use of multifunctional yeast-lactobacilli starter cultures improves fermentation performance of Spanish-style green table olives. Food Microbiol. 2020 Oct;91:103497 Authors: Benítez-Cabello A, Calero-Delgado B, Rodríguez-Gómez F, Bautista-Gallego J, Garrido-Fernández A, Jiménez-Díaz R, Arroyo-López FN Abstract In this work, Lactobacillus pentosus LPG1, Lactobacillus pentosus Lp13, Lactobacillus plantarum Lpl15, and Wickerhanomyces anomalous Y12, all of them previously isolated from fermented table olive biofilms, were used (alone or in combination) as multifunctional starters for Manzanilla Spanish-style green table olive fermentations. Their performances were evaluated through the changes in the key physico-chemical and microbiological parameters, correlation between AI-2 production and biofilm formation, inoculum imposition, metataxonomic analysis and sensory characteristics of the finished products. Inoculation only with lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains led to higher titratable acidities and lower pH values than the spontaneous fermentation (non-inoculated control), mainly during the first steps of processing. However, the sequential inoculation of the yeast and then the combination of the 3 LAB strains showed the most favourable evolution. LPG1 strain and, particularly Lp13, were excellent biofilms former and showed the major imposition on the fruit epidermis, as corroborated by rep-PCR analysis. Production of AI-2 w...
Source: Food Microbiology - Category: Food Science Authors: Tags: Food Microbiol Source Type: research