Significance and management of acetic acid bacteria culture collections


Submitted: 8 August 2012
Accepted: 4 February 2013
Published: 26 February 2013
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Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are obligate aerobic microorganisms which have large significance in human life. Traditionally, AAB species have been used to produce fermented food and beverages thanks to their ability to oxidize ethanol to acetic acid. Moreover, in the last decades, they have been extensively investigated for other industrial biotechnology applications as the development of processes for highvalue products or biosensors. The potential exploitation of AAB diversity requires the existence of microbial culture collections, which are able to supply not only strains but essential data for fundamental microbial research. Therefore, microbial collections can be helpful to provide critical insights into AAB physiology and metabolism as well as integrate sequence data with transcriptional and functional studies to better define complex traits and develop new potential microbial processes. This article reviews the significance of microbial collections, with an overview of the well-known European Biological Resources Centers (BRCs) collecting AAB, and provides an insight into their cultivability and metabolic activity. It also discusses appropriate techniques in preserving authentic strains, quality control implications, databases and BRC networking as well as connections among collections and stakeholders.

Luciana De Vero, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia

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Paolo Giudici, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia

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De Vero, L., & Giudici, P. (2013). Significance and management of acetic acid bacteria culture collections. Acetic Acid Bacteria, 2(s1), e9. https://doi.org/10.4081/aab.2013.s1.e9

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