Microbiology of sugar�rich environments: diversity, ecology and system constraints

Microbial habitats that contain associate degree more than sugar within the type of sugar area unit widespread within the microorganism region. counting on the kind of sugar, prevailing water activity and different substances gift, sugar�rich environments may be extremely dynamic or comparatively stable, osmotically disagreeable, and/or destabilizing for organic compound systems, and may thereby powerfully impact the microorganism ecology. Here, we tend to review the biological science of various of various, as well as their microorganism diversity and chemistry parameters, that act to impact microorganism community assembly and constrain the system. Saturated sugar beet juice and floral nectar area unit used as case studies to explore the variations between the microorganism ecologies of low and better and better severally. Nectar may be a paradigm of associate degree open, dynamic and biodiverse environment inhabited by several microorganism taxa, usually yeasts and microorganism like, amongst several others, Metschnikowia spp. and Acinetobacter spp., severally. against this, thick juice may be a comparatively stable, species�poor environment and is usually dominated by one, xerotolerant bacteria (Tetragenococcus halophilus). variety variety habitats contain chaotropic solutes (e.g. ester, phenols, ethanol, levulose and glycerol) and hydrophobic stressors (e.g. alkyl octanoate, hexane, octanol and isoamyl acetate), all of which may which may stresses that inhibit or forestall multiplication of microbes. in addition, temperature, pH, nutrition, microorganism dispersion and environment history will verify or constrain the biological science of high�sugar milieux. Findings area unit mentioned in relevancy variety of unrequited scientific queries.

Keywords: Microbial fuel cells, Electron shuttle, Camellia tea, Polyphenolic antioxidants

Author(s): Bart Lievens

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