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    Backmittel mit fermentativ angereicherten Hydrokolloiden
    (2021) Seitter, Michael Friedrich Hermann; Hertel, Christian
    Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are involved in fermentation of sourdoughs and able to produce exopolysaccharides (EPS). Screening of 190 LAB of different species and genera showed that 82% are able to produce EPS. Whereby, 28% a strong or very strong production exhibited. It becomes evident that strains of species L. reuteri, L. sanfranciscensis, L. frumenti and L. pontis, could be identified as effective EPS producer. The molecular weight of the synthetized EPS was larger than 5*106 Dalton. Glucan was formed almost of L. reuteri strains. To identify the effect of commercial hydrocolloids on bread staling, baking trials were performed. The parameter crumb hardness using Texture-Profile-Analysis and retrogradation of starch using Differential Scanning Calorimetry were chosen. Staling of wheat breads was dependent on the flour quality. Breads produced using weak flours and straight dough method showed faster staling. Addition of isolated EPS produced by L. sanfranciscensis LTH 1729 (Glu/Fru ratio: 1:6) and LTH 2590 (Glu/Fru ratio: 1:45) was more effective in retarding the rate of staling compared to hydrocolloids guar gum and xanthan. Baking trials with chemical acidified sponges showed that swelling and endogenous enzyme activities exerts no positive effect on the rate of staling. In contrast to sponges with fermentative enriched EPS, which exhibits a delayed rate of staling. This effect could be verified in mixed wheat breads (rye : wheat, 50:50). Frozen storage of doughs revealed no influence on the rate of staling. Production of an EPS enriched dried sourdough (baking improver) using optimized fermentation conditions was performed using L. sanfranciscensis LTH 1729. 3% dosage of the baking improver showed similar staling rate compared to control, however with 2% higher water absorption. Thus, addition of hydrocolloids and EPS, respectively, leads to an increase in dough yield of 1 1.5%. The width-height ratio was comparable in all doughs, except the xanthan supplemented. After adjusting the doughs to 500 FE, all doughs showed similar results in measurements with Bohlin-Rheometer. Doughs with added hydrocolloids as well as EPS were less sticky. Fermented sponge doughs with enriched EPS showed higher stickiness compared to not enriched. This could be traced back to residual not metabolized amounts of sucrose. EPS addition affects extensibility of doughs less compared to gum guar and xanthan. Negative influence on dough structure using acidic sponges was compensated with EPS enriched ones. Addition of guar gum and xanthan effect in a viscosity increase during gelatinization. Whereas, EPS and EPS containing sponges showed no effect on viscosity. Frozen storage of 10 days reveals lower dough stability and gas retention. Doughs were less elastic and stickier. Dough resistance decreased and elasticity increased. By addition of EPS these effects could be compensated. The gas retention capability of EPS supplemented frozen doughs was identical not frozen ones. Addition of 3% baking improver produced by spray dried EPS enriched sourdough to doughs increased the water absorption by 2%, whereas almost no change on dough rheological parameters resulted. Dough stability and gas retention was considerably improved. Dough stickiness and resistance decreased. No effect in viscosity during gelatinization. Summarized, the results of the present work show the optimization and manufacturing of a “clean label” baking improver, produced thru EPS enriched fermentation of sourdoughs. As well as the application of the improver and the impact of on dough processing and fresh keeping of frozen dough and baked goods.
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    Ecological studies of the Lactobacillus biota in the human digestive tract and adaptation of intestinal lactobacilli to the sourdough ecosystem
    (2005) Dal Bello, Fabio; Hertel, Christian
    Among the bacteria inhabiting the human gut, lactobacilli have received considerable attention, due to their putative health promoting effects (Reid, 1999; Vaughan et al., 1999). Cultivation of lactobacilli is considered to be reliable and numerous studies using plating on selective media have been performed to investigate these bacteria in intestinal ecosystems (Tannock, 1995; Reuter, 2001). Recently, the application of PCR-DGGE in combination with primers specific for lactic acid bacteria (LAB) detected species which are not considered to be intestinal inhabitants but food-associated, such as Lactobacillus curvatus, Lactobacillus sakei, Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Pediococcus pentosaceus (Walter et al., 2001; Heilig et al., 2002). Remarkably, these species could not be recovered by traditional bacteriological culture on Rogosa SL agar (Walter et al., 2001). In Chapter III, different cultivation media, as well as new incubation conditions were applied to overcome these difficulties. Human faecal samples were plated on selective and non-selective media and incubated under standard condition (37°C, anaerobiosis) for faecal LAB as well as alternative condition (30°C, 2% O2). PCR-DGGE analyses of resuspended bacterial biomass (RBB) obtained from agar plates revealed that the species composition of the recovered LAB was affected stronger by the incubation condition than by the used medium. It was observed that food-associated LAB such as L. sakei and Lc. mesenteroides, hitherto not described as intestinal inhabitants, are more easily selected when the alternative incubation condition is used. Identification of randomly picked colonies grown under the alternative condition on Rogosa SL agar showed that L. sakei is one of the predominant food-associated LAB species in faecal samples, reaching counts of up to 106 CFU per gram faeces. Comparison of the results of bacteriological culture with those obtained by PCR-DGGE analysis of the RBB showed that investigation of RBB is a fast and reliable method to gain insight into the species composition of culturable LAB in faeces. Examination of the faecal Lactobacillus populations over longer periods has revealed marked variation in the complexity and stability of these populations among human subjects (Vanhoutte et al., 2004, Walter et al., 2001). Ecological studies indicate that most Lactobacillus species found in the human gastrointestinal tract (GIT) are likely to be transient (allochthonous), originating from either the oral cavity or food (reviewed in Bibiloni et al., 2004). In order to investigate if oral lactobacilli constitute a part of the faecal Lactobacillus biota, the Lactobacillus biota of saliva and faeces of three human subjects were investigated and compared at two time-points in a three months interval (Chapter IV). The species composition of the Lactobacillus biota of human saliva and faeces was found to be subject-specific and fluctuated to some degree, but the species Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Lactobacillus vaginalis were detected at both time-points in saliva and faecal samples of individual subjects. RAPD-PCR analysis indicated that several strains of these species were present both in the oral cavity and in the faecal samples of the same subject. Oral isolates of the species L. gasseri and L. vaginalis showing identical RAPD types were found to persist over time, suggesting that these species are autochthonous to the oral cavity. The results of Chapter IV, together with recently published data (reviewed in Bibiloni et al., 2004), give strong evidence that some lactobacilli found in human faeces are allochthonous to the intestine and originate from the oral cavity. Lactobacilli have been detected in diverse environments and have been the subject of considerable research due to their commercial use in the food industry (reviewed in Hammes and Hertel, 2003). Several Lactobacillus species are commonly detected in both fermented food and the human GIT, but the genetic background for this ecological versatility is poorly understood. Lactobacillus reuteri is a dominant member of the microbiota of type II sourdough fermentations (Meroth et al., 2003) and is considered one of the truly autochthonous Lactobacillus species in humans (Reuter, 2001). The in vivo expression technology (IVET) developed by Walter et al. (2003) was used to identify genes (so-called ivi genes) of the sourdough isolate L. reuteri LTH5531 that show elevated levels of expression during growth of this organism in a type II sourdough fermentation (Chapter V) and during passage through the GIT of mice (Chapter VI). Thirty-eight induced fusions were found to be highly expressed during the sourdough fermentation (Chapter V), and 29 genes could be identified on the basis of the available sequence information. Four genes encoded stress-related functions (e.g. acid and general stress response) reflecting the harsh conditions prevailing during sourdough fermentation. Further eight genes were involved in acquisition and synthesis of amino acids and nucleotides, indicating their limited availability in sourdough. The remaining genes were either part of functionally unrelated pathways or encoded hypothetical proteins. The identification of a putative proteinase and a component of the arginine deiminase pathway are of technological interest, as they are potentially involved in the formation of aroma precursors. Remarkably, IVET with the genomic library that was successfully used in the sourdough study (Chapter V) did not detect ivi promoters when LTH5531 inhabited the GIT of mice (Chapter VI). With IVET, active promoters are selected by expression of an "essential growth factor" (in our system the erythromycin resistance mediated by ErmGT) that allows the organism to colonize and/ or grow in the ecosystem (Rainey, 1999, Walter et al., 2003). Expression of ivi promoters in particular ecosystems must therefore be permanent and strong in order to allow comparable growth rates of ivi clones and clones bearing constitutive promoters, especially in the GIT, where inactive bacteria are washed out. The findings of Chapter V and VI indicate that L. reuteri LTH5531 does not possess strongly expressed "GIT inducible" genes, while possessing 38 ones specifically induced in sourdough. Ivi genes are more likely to contribute to the ecological performance of an organism in a specific environment than genes expressed equally in a broad range of habitats (Rainey, 1999, Gal et al, 2003, Walter et al., 2005). Therefore, traits encoded by ivi genes are likely to be adaptive and the extent of their expression would be shaped by natural selection to improve ecological fitness. The presence of thirty-eight "sourdough specific" ivi fusions in L. reuteri LTH5531 probably reflects the long term adaptation of LTH5531 to the sourdough environment, just as ivi genes detected in strain 100-23 reflect adaptation of this GIT isolate to the rodent GIT (Walter et al., 2003). Indeed, LTH5531 was isolated from an experimental sourdough that had been inoculated with an industrial starter. This industrial starter has been propagated over several years, giving the organisms present sufficient time to adapt. In accordance with this, by using RAPD-PCR, Meroth et al. (2003) showed that strain LTH5531 was present in a commercial type II sourdough starter collected 10 years prior isolation of LTH5531, thus indicating that this strain has adapted to the sourdough environment for at least 10 years. The results of Chapter V clearly demonstrated that knowledge of gene expression and metabolic activities of bacteria during food fermentations can be obtained by applying IVET. The results collected provide an important molecular basis on which improved starter strains can be developed for industrial exploitation. Moreover, the results of Chapter VI show the importance of working with highly adapted, autochthonous strains in studies of microbial ecology in order to reveal the adaptive interactions responsible for the ecological success of these bacteria in their natural environment or during food fermentations.
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    Impact of process parameters on the sourdough microbiota, selection of suitable starter strains, and description of the novel yeast Cryptococcus thermophilus sp. nov.
    (2013) Vogelmann, Stephanie Anke; Hertel, Christian
    The microbiota of a ripe sourdough consists of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), especially of the genus Lactobacillus, and yeasts. Their composition is influenced by the interplay of species or strains, the kind of substrate as well as the process parameters temperature, dough yield, redox potential, refreshment time, and number of propagation steps (Hammes and Gänzle, 1997). As taste and quality of sourdough breads are mainly influenced by the fermentation microbiota, intense research has been focused on determination of sourdough associated species and search for new starter cultures. In recent years, economic competition pressure and new consumer demands have led to steady research for new cereal products, especially with health benefit or for people suffering from celiac disease. For these reasons, alternative cereals like oat and barley (both toxic for celiac disease patients) as well as the celiac disease compatible cereals rice and maize, sorghum and millets, the pseudocereals amaranth, quinoa and buckwheat as well as cassava got into the focus of interest. However, information about the microbiota of sourdoughs fermented with buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa, oat or barley is not available except for the following recent studies: a study about the microbiota of amaranth sourdoughs by Sterr et al. (2009), a study about barley sourdough by Zannini et al. (2009), a study about oat sourdoughs by Huettner et al. (2010) and a study about buckwheat and teff sourdoughs by Moroni et al. (2011). The microbiota of sourdoughs from the other mentioned cereals as well as cassava was multiply characterised but not systematically. Fermentation conditions were partly not clearly defined, and identification of species was often based on physiological criteria only, known to be insufficient for the exact classification of LAB. Thus, in this thesis, the influence of the process parameters substrate, temperature, refreshment time, amount of backslopping dough as well as the interplay between the different species or strains were examined and potential starter strains were selected. In Chapter III, the effect of the substrate on the sourdough microbiota was examined and suitable starter cultures for fermentation of non-bread cereals and pseudocereals were selected. Eleven different flours from wheat, rye, oat, barley, millet, rice, maize, amaranth, quinoa, buckwheat and cassava were inoculated with a starter mixture containing numerous LAB and yeasts. Sourdoughs were fermented at 30 °C and refreshed every 24 hours until the microbiota was stable. Species were identified by PCR-DGGE as well as bacteriological culture and RAPD-PCR, followed by 16S/26S rRNA sequence analysis. In these fermentations, the dominant yeast was Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Issatchenkia (I.) orientalis was only competitive in the quinoa and the maize sourdough. No yeasts were found in the buckwheat and the oat sourdough. The dominant LAB species were Lactobacillus (L.) paralimentarius in the pseudocereal sourdoughs, L. fermentum, L. helveticus and L. pontis in the cereal sourdoughs, and L. fermentum, L. plantarum and L. spicheri in the cassava sourdough. Competitive LAB and yeasts were inserted as starters for a further fermentation using new flours from rice, maize, millet and the pseudocereals. After ten days of fermentation, most of the starter strains were still dominant, but L. pontis and L. helveticus could not compete with the other species. It is remarkable that from the numerous starter strains which all were adapted to or isolated from sourdoughs, only a few were competitive in these fermentations; but if, then in most cases in a lot of different flours. In Chapter IV, the effects of the exogenous process parameters substrate, refreshment time, temperature, amount of backslopping dough as well as competing species on the two microbial associations L. sanfranciscensis ? Candida (C.) humilis and L. reuteri ? L. johnsonii ? I. orientalis were examined. Both associations had previously been found to be competitive in sourdough (Kline and Sugihara, 1971a; Nout and Creemers-Molenaar, 1987; Gobbetti et al., 1994a; Garofalo et al., 2008; Böcker et al., 1990; Meroth et al., 2003a). 28 sourdough batches were fermented under defined conditions until the microbiota was stable. Dominant LAB and yeasts were characterized by bacteriological culture, RAPD-PCR and 16S/26S rRNA gene sequence analysis. The process parameters for the association L. sanfranciscensis ? C. humilis could be defined as follows: rye bran, rye flour or wheat flour as substrate, temperatures between 20 and 30 °C, refreshment times of 12 to 24 hours and amounts of backslopping dough from 5 to 20 %. In addition, the association was predominating against all competing lactic acid bacteria and yeasts. The association L. reuteri ? L. johnsonii ? I. orientalis was competitive at temperatures of 35 to 40 °C, refreshment times of 12 to 24 hours and the substrates rye bran, wheat flour and rye flour, but only with sufficient oxygen supply. Cell counts of I. orientalis fell rapidly under the detection limit when using high amounts of doughs (small ratio of surface to volume) and refreshment times of 12 hours. The fermentations depicted in Chapter III and IV give new information about the influence of process parameters on the sourdough microbiota. The studies show that the sourdough microbiota is markedly influenced by the process parameters and kind and quality of substrate. The competitiveness of a single LAB or yeast is strain specific. Interactions between microorganisms also play an important role. However, for the search for suitable starter strains, it would be beneficial to know the reasons, why a single LAB or yeast strain is better adapted to specific process parameters or substrates than others. One of the starter sourdoughs used for fermentation I described in Chapter III was a sourdough made from cassava flour, inoculated with several LAB. No yeast had been inserted, but several yeasts were isolated from the ripe sourdough, which are supposed to originate from the cassava flour. An unknown yeast species constituted 10 % of the isolated yeasts which is described as novel species Cryptococcus thermophilus sp. nov. in Chapter V. This yeast is characterized by budding on small neck-like structures, no fermentative ability, growth at 42 °C and without vitamins, a major ubiquinone of Q-10, as well as the production of green or blue fluorescent substances in the growth medium. It is distinct from related species by the ability to assimilate raffinose and cadaverine, the inability to assimilate soluble starch, xylitol, galactitol, butane-2,3-diol, sodium nitrite and lysine, and the inability to produce starch-like substances. The closest relatives are the yeasts belonging to the Cryptococcus humicola complex.
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    Mikrobiologische und biochemische Analyse der Fermentationseigenschaften von Lactobacillus paralimentarius AL28 und Lactobacillus plantarum AL30 in Sauerteigen aus Pseudozerealien
    (2011) Vogel, Antje; Schmidt, Herbert
    Pseudocereals are absent of gluten and therefore are important for people having a gluten-intolerance. Today no commercial starter cultures are available for sourdough fermentations with pseudocereals. This PHD-Thesis shows results of the characterisation of L. paralimentarius AL28 and L. plantarum AL30 concerning an application in pseudocereal sourdoughs. The fermentation properties of the strains, applied as single strains and in combination, were assessed in laboratory scale fermentations with amaranth and buckwheat. The fermentation studies were performed with a dough yield of 200 and over a period of two to ten days at 30°C with daily refreshment step. The investigated strains acidified the sourdoughs fast within the first two propagation steps as single strains as well as in combination (approximately pH 4). In amaranth higher total titratable acidity (TTA) -values (TTA between 25 and 30) were measured than in buckwheat (TTA of 20). 16S rDNA / 28S rDNA-PCR sequencing and RAPD-PCR were applied to determine the bacterial and eucaryotic species affiliation, respectively, and to trace specific strains during the fermentation process. The analysed strains competed against the autochthonous microbiota with the result of suppression the majority of yeasts and moulds as well as strains of their own species within the first 12 h of sourdough fermentation. They also suppressed an autochthonous microbiota grown up to 10^8 cfu/g sourdough. Single strains as well as the combination of both strains dominated the microflora in all tested flours / fermentation batches. Both strains displayed reproducible results concerning their over-all fermentation characteristics. L. paralimentarius AL28 and L. plantarum AL30, respectively, dominated the LAB viable counts in all flours after 10 days of fermentation as single strains (>/= 68 % and >/= 98 % of LAB, respectively) as well as in combination. In the latter case strain L. plantarum AL30 was especially competitive in buckwheat (AL28:AL30 = 1:1), more than in amaranth (AL28:AL30 = 4:1). The strains were characterised by their short lag-phase of