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Prevalence of L actobacillus plantarum and O enococcus oeni during spontaneous malolactic fermentation in P atagonian red wines revealed by polymerase chain reaction‐denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis with two targeted genes
Author(s) -
Valdés La Hens D.,
BravoFerrada B.M.,
Delfederico L.,
Caballero A.C.,
Semorile L.C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
australian journal of grape and wine research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1755-0238
pISSN - 1322-7130
DOI - 10.1111/ajgw.12110
Subject(s) - oenococcus oeni , malolactic fermentation , winemaking , temperature gradient gel electrophoresis , wine , biology , food science , polymerase chain reaction , microbiology and biotechnology , 16s ribosomal rna , bacteria , lactic acid , genetics , gene
Background and Aims Information regarding the composition and dynamics of microbial communities throughout winemaking is always valuable to control the process and contributes to improving the quality of wine. The aims of this work were to analyse the diversity of lactic acid bacteria ( LAB ) species present during the spontaneous malolactic fermentation ( MLF ) of Patagonian red wines, and to isolate and identify native LAB species. Methods and Results Samples of M erlot and P inot N oir wines were collected during three vintages at one commercial cellar. Through polymerase chain reaction ( PCR )‐ rpo B /denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis ( DGGE ), it was possible to identify 15 LAB species and through PCR ‐ 16 S rRNA V 3 region/ DGGE , 11 LAB species, during spontaneous MLF of these wines, mostly, O enococcus oeni and L actobacillus plantarum . These two species were also largely recovered by culture and analysed by the random amplified polymorphic DNA – PCR technique. Isolates of these two LAB species exhibited considerable genotypic heterogeneity. Conclusions The prevalence of O . oeni and Lb . plantarum in all samples suggests that both species are involved in leading the spontaneous MLF of these P atagonian wines. The analysis of the LAB microbiota in wine by PCR‐DGGE using two gene regions enabled addition to the number of species that can usually be detected during MLF . Significance of the Study The study offered a more complete knowledge of the LAB community present in wines in a cellar in the A rgentine P atagonia during the spontaneous MLF . Our findings are particularly relevant, because they contribute to the possibility of designing an MLF starter composed of native strains of Lb . plantarum and O . oeni .