Detailed Analysis of the Microbial Population in Malaysian Spontaneous Cocoa Pulp Fermentations Reveals a Core and Variable Microbiota

Esther Meersman; Jan Steensels; Melissa Mathawan; Pieter-Jan Wittocx; Veerle Saels; Nore Struyf; Herwig Bernaert; Gino Vrancken; Kevin J. Verstrepen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081559

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Detailed Analysis of the Microbial Population in Malaysian Spontaneous Cocoa Pulp Fermentations Reveals a Core and Variable Microbiota

Esther Meersman ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Esther Meersman, Jan Steensels

Affiliations Laboratory for Genetics and Genomics, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory for Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Leuven, Belgium
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Jan Steensels ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Esther Meersman, Jan Steensels

Affiliations Laboratory for Genetics and Genomics, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory for Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Leuven, Belgium
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Melissa Mathawan,

Affiliation Barry Callebaut AG, Zurich, Switzerland
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Pieter-Jan Wittocx,

Affiliations Laboratory for Genetics and Genomics, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory for Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Leuven, Belgium
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Veerle Saels,

Affiliations Laboratory for Genetics and Genomics, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory for Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Leuven, Belgium
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Nore Struyf,

Affiliations Laboratory for Genetics and Genomics, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory for Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Leuven, Belgium
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Herwig Bernaert,

Affiliation Barry Callebaut AG, Zurich, Switzerland
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Gino Vrancken,

Affiliation Barry Callebaut AG, Zurich, Switzerland
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Kevin J. Verstrepen

* E-mail: kevin.verstrepen@biw.vib-kuleuven.be.

Affiliations Laboratory for Genetics and Genomics, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory for Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Leuven, Belgium
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Detailed Analysis of the Microbial Population in Malaysian Spontaneous Cocoa Pulp Fermentations Reveals a Core and Variable Microbiota

Esther Meersman,
Jan Steensels,
Melissa Mathawan,
Pieter-Jan Wittocx,
Veerle Saels,
Nore Struyf,
Herwig Bernaert,
Gino Vrancken,
Kevin J. Verstrepen

Published: December 16, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081559

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