Xu Tingyan, Zhu Anqin, Zhong Shuting, Wang Yunsheng, Wang Chao, Zhang Jin, Chen Yincui, Wang Rui, Zhang Chuanbo
Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Industrial Application, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China.
College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.
Front Microbiol. 2025 Jun 26;16:1601675. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1601675. eCollection 2025.
High-temperature Daqu (HTD) initiates the solid-state fermentation of sauce-aroma Baijiu by introducing essential microorganisms and enzymes, determining its unique flavor and quality. While biofortification with functional strains enhances HTD quality, the ecological dynamics and mechanisms of HTD fermentation influenced by synthetic functional microflora (SFM) remain unclear. Here, we prepared three different types of SFM inoculated into HTD, and studied their effects during spontaneous HTD fermentation. The results showed that all three SFM significantly increased the liquefaction power of the HTD, which the SG Daqu with the addition of yeast and synthetic flora were the most effective, and also had a significant increase in fermentation and esterification power. All three SFM increased the average relative abundance of and decreased the relative abundance of and , and enhanced the stability of the fungal community. The significant bioturbation effect of SFM on the bacterial community of HTD was predominantly observed during the 3-day fermentation period, while its substantial impact on the fungal community manifested during the 9-day fermentation. Meanwhile, the SFM influenced the community assembly pattern of HTD and stability of the network. Notably, PICRUSt2 revealed that the addition of SFM increased the potential ability of HTD to utilize energetic substances such as starch for metabolism and energy conversion, to generate ethanol and esters, and to facilitate ethanol metabolism. Overall, our work elucidated the regulatory mechanism of SFM on the longitudinal characteristics of microbial communities in the HTD fermentation stage, and provided a theoretical basis for further research on SFM to enhance the quality of HTD.
高温大曲通过引入关键微生物和酶启动酱香型白酒的固态发酵,决定了其独特的风味和品质。虽然用功能菌株进行生物强化可提高高温大曲的质量,但合成功能微生物群(SFM)对高温大曲发酵的生态动态和机制仍不清楚。在此,我们制备了三种不同类型的SFM接种到高温大曲中,并研究了它们在高温大曲自然发酵过程中的作用。结果表明,所有三种SFM均显著提高了高温大曲的液化能力,其中添加酵母和合成菌群的SG大曲效果最为显著,发酵和酯化能力也显著提高。所有三种SFM均提高了[具体菌群名称1]的平均相对丰度,降低了[具体菌群名称2]和[具体菌群名称3]的相对丰度,并增强了真菌群落的稳定性。SFM对高温大曲细菌群落的显著生物扰动作用主要在3天发酵期观察到,而其对真菌群落的显著影响则在9天发酵期表现出来。同时,SFM影响了高温大曲的群落组装模式和网络稳定性。值得注意的是,PICRUSt2显示,添加SFM提高了高温大曲利用淀粉等能量物质进行代谢和能量转换、生成乙醇和酯类以及促进乙醇代谢的潜在能力。总体而言,我们的工作阐明了SFM对高温大曲发酵阶段微生物群落纵向特征的调控机制,为进一步研究SFM提高高温大曲质量提供了理论依据。