ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2014
Microbial species diversity, community dynamics, and metabolite kinetics of water kefir fermentation.
Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07522372 (Evaluation of the Effect of Kefir Consumption on Urinary and Salivary Levels of Metabolites Such as BCAAs and on Biomarkers of Well-being), which is not on this map. Cited by 63 papers.
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Evaluation of the Effect of Kefir Consumption on Urinary and Salivary Levels of Metabolites Such as BCAAs and on Biomarkers of Well-being
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- Water kefir as a paradigm for multi-omics and genome-scale metabolic modelling in fermented food.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Review
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- Dynamic microbiota in water kefir: microbial shift and ecological selection during fermentation.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Water kefir multi-omics reveals functional redundancies despite taxonomic differences and the underappreciated contribution of yeast.NPJ science of food · 2025Article
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- The core microbiomes and associated metabolic potential of water kefir as revealed by pan multi-omics.Communications biology · 2025Article
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- The Production of Water Kefir Drink with the Addition of Dried Figs in the Horizontal Rotating Tubular Bioreactor.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The evaluation of black carrot, green cabbage, grape, and apple juices as substrates for the production of functional water kefir-like beverages.Food science & nutrition · 2024Article
- Challenges in water kefir production and limitations in human consumption: A comprehensive review of current knowledge.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Licuri Kernel (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Assessment of Different Levels of Blackcurrant Juice and Furcellaran on the Quality of Fermented Whey-Based Beverages Using Rheological and Mechanical Vibration Damping Techniques.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Microbial viability and nutritional content of water kefir grains under different storage conditions.Food science & nutrition · 2024Article
- Microbial Composition of Water Kefir Grains and Their Application for the Detoxification of Aflatoxin B1.Toxins · 2024Article
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Abstract
Water kefir is a sour, alcoholic, and fruity fermented beverage of which the fermentation is started with water kefir grains. These water kefir grains consist of polysaccharide and contain the microorganisms responsible for the water kefir fermentation. In this work, a water kefir fermentation process was followed as a function of time during 192 h to unravel the community dynamics, the species diversity, and the kinetics of substrate consumption and metabolite production. The majority of the water kefir ecosystem was found to be present on the water kefir grains. The most important microbial species present were Lactobacillus casei/paracasei, Lactobacillus harbinensis, Lactobacillus hilgardii, Bifidobacterium psychraerophilum/crudilactis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Dekkera bruxellensis. The microbial species diversities in the water kefir liquor and on the water kefir grains were similar and remained stable during the whole fermentation process. The major substrate, sucrose, was completely converted after 24 h of fermentation, which coincided with the production of the major part of the water kefir grain polysaccharide. The main metabolites of the fermentation were ethanol and lactic acid. Glycerol, acetic acid, and mannitol were produced in low concentrations. The major part of these metabolites was produced during the first 72 h of fermentation, during which the pH decreased from 4.26 to 3.45. The most prevalent volatile aroma compounds were ethyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, ethyl hexanoate, ethyl octanoate, and ethyl decanoate, which might be of significance with respect to the aroma of the end product.
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