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Bacterial Diversity and Mycotoxin Reduction During Maize Fermentation (Steeping) for Ogi Production

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Title
Bacterial Diversity and Mycotoxin Reduction During Maize Fermentation (Steeping) for Ogi Production
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Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2015
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01402
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Chiamaka A. Okeke, Chibundu N. Ezekiel, Cyril C. Nwangburuka, Michael Sulyok, Cajethan O. Ezeamagu, Rasheed A. Adeleke, Stanley K. Dike, Rudolf Krska

Abstract

Bacterial diversity and community structure of two maize varieties (white and yellow) during fermentation/steeping for ogi production, and the influence of spontaneous fermentation on mycotoxin reduction in the gruel were studied. A total of 142 bacterial isolates obtained at 24-96 h intervals were preliminarily identified by conventional microbiological methods while 60 selected isolates were clustered into 39 OTUs consisting of 15 species, 10 genera, and 3 phyla by 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Lactic acid bacteria constituted about 63% of all isolated bacteria and the genus Pediococcus dominated (white maize = 84.8%; yellow maize = 74.4%). Pediococcus acidilactici and Lactobacillus paraplantarum were found at all steeping intervals of white and yellow maize, respectively, while P. claussenii was present only at the climax stage of steeping white maize. In both maize varieties, P. pentosaceus was found at 24-72 h. Mycotoxin concentrations (μg/kg) in the unsteeped grains were: white maize (aflatoxin B1 = 0.60; citrinin = 85.8; cyclopiazonic acid = 23.5; fumonisins (B1/B2/B3) = 68.4-483; zearalenone = 3.3) and yellow maize (aflatoxins (B1/B2/M1) = 22.7-513; citrinin = 16,800; cyclopiazonic acid = 247; fumonisins (B1/B2/B3) = 252-1,586; zearalenone = 205). Mycotoxins in both maize varieties were significantly (p < 0.05) reduced across steeping periods. This study reports for the first time: (a) the association of L. paraplantarum, P. acidilactici, and P. claussenii with ogi production from maize, (b) citrinin occurrence in Nigerian maize and ogi, and

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Country Count As %
India 1 1%
Unknown 92 99%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 17%
Student > Master 16 17%
Researcher 13 14%
Student > Bachelor 7 8%
Other 5 5%
Other 18 19%
Unknown 18 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 32 34%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 9%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 5%
Environmental Science 3 3%
Chemistry 3 3%
Other 11 12%
Unknown 31 33%
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