Fouling analysis and permeate quality evaluation of mulberry wine in microfiltration process.

Sterilization and clarification are essential to produce wine of high quality and stability, microfiltration is a serious candidate for both purposes. In this work, microfiltration of fermented mulberry wine was evaluated for the first time. Four different commercial membranes, of two different materials (PES, PVDF) and two different nominal pore sizes (0.

Novel intestinal-targeted Ca-alginate-based carrier for pH-responsive protection and release of lactic acid bacteria.

A novel intestinal-targeted carrier for pH-responsive protection of lactic acid bacteria in stomach and rapid release of lactic acid bacteria in small intestine is successfully developed. The proposed carrier is composed of a Ca-alginate/protamine (CAP) composite shell and a Lactobacillus-casei-encapsulated Ca-alginate (CA) core. The carriers are prepared simply by a coextrusion minifluidic and subsequent adsorption method.

Characterization of eubacterial and archaeal community diversity in the pit mud of Chinese Luzhou-flavor liquor by nested PCR-DGGE.

The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the microbial community structures of eubacteria and archaea in the pit mud of Chinese Luzhou-flavor liquor from the wall (C(w)) and bottom (C(b)) of cellar through nested PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). The Shannon-Wiener index (H) calculated from the DGGE profiles showed that the community diversities of eubacteria and archaea in samples from C(b) were almost higher than that from C(w). In addition, cluster analysis of the DGGE profiles revealed that some differences were found in the microbial community structure in samples from different locations.

[Microbial community structure in strong aromatic liquor fermented grains characterized by PLFA fingerprints].

Taking the nine common microbial strains in liquor-making process as test objects, this paper studied the characteristics of phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA), a characteristic component of the strains cell membrane, and the relationships between the detected amount of PLFA and the biomass of the strains. There existed significant differences in the PLFA fingerprints between test bacteria, actinomycetes, molds, and yeasts, and the PLFA fingerprint of each strain could be used as the basis to distinguish species and genus. Within a certain range of the strains biomass, the detected amount of total PLFA or 16:0 was linearly correlated with the biomass.

[Characteristics of microbial community structure in Luzhou-flavor fermentation pits].

Fermentation pit is a kind of solid bioreactors with unique feature for brewing liquor, especially for Luzhou-flavor, which has significant effects on the quality of produced liquor. There exists a close and complicated correlation between pit age (using time) and microbial community. Taking the characteristic component phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) in microbial cell membrane as an index, this paper studied the characteristics of the microbial community structure in the pit mud, fermented grains, and yellow water of different age (5-year, 100-year, and 300-year) fermentation pits.