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SUBMITTER: Gaggia F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6356548 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gaggìa Francesca F Baffoni Loredana L Galiano Michele M Nielsen Dennis Sandris DS Jakobsen Rasmus Riemer RR Castro-Mejía Josue Leonardo JL Bosi Sara S Truzzi Francesca F Musumeci Federica F Dinelli Giovanni G Di Gioia Diana D
Nutrients 20181220 1
Kombucha is usually obtained from the fermentation of black or green tea by a consortium of acetic acid bacteria and yeasts. In this study, kombucha was prepared from the same starter consortium using green and black teas as well as, for the first time, an infusion of rooibos leaves (<i>Aspalathus linearis</i>). Microbial diversity was analysed during fermentation both in the biofilm and in the corresponding kombuchas, using culture-dependent and -independent methods. Polyphenols, flavonoids, et ...[more]