Rare Biosphere Reveals a Decoupling Between Microbial Abundance and Intrinsic Physiological Potential in Shanxi Aged Vinegar Fermentation.

Yanfang Wu, Yan Li, Hanlin Chen, Xiuhong Zhang, Jia Song, Menglei Xia, Yu Zheng, Min Wang

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Yanfang WuCollege of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030092, China.

Yan LiChina Condiment Association, Beijing 100036, China.

Hanlin ChenSchool of Biological Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.

Xiuhong ZhangCollege of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030092, China.

Jia SongSchool of Biological Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3265-2121

Menglei XiaSchool of Biological Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.

Yu ZhengSchool of Biological Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4554-9908

Min WangSchool of Biological Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5752-4065

Funding

Innovative Research Team of Shanxi ProvinceKey Research and Development Projects of Tianjin 25ZXWCSY00190Local Science and Technology Development Guided by the Central Government in Shanxi Province, China YDZJSX2025D059National Natural Science Foundation of China 32302034National Natural Science Foundation of China 32472324Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin 25JJJJC0021

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Abstract

The discrepancy between in situ microbial abundance and actual metabolic performance represents a critical challenge for interpreting microbial function from meta-omic data. Here, we integrated metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequencing to investigate this decoupling between microbial abundance and cultivation-based physiological potential in Shanxi aged vinegar (SAV) solid-state fermentation.

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abundance–physiological performance decouplingecological constraintmeta-omicsPediococcus acidilacticirare biosphereShanxi aged vinegar

Identifiers

PMID42650636

DOI10.3390/foods15162942

PMCPMC13512557

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