Construction of the database of cultivated microorganisms for Chinese Baijiu

Abstract:

[Objective] Isolation and screening of cultivated microorganisms in Baijiu is an important research focus in Baijiu industry. The aim of this paper is to construct the database of cultivated microorganisms from the ecosystem of Chinese Baijiu (CMBaijiu). [Methods] The data of CMBaijiu is collected from the published literatures on the Baijiu microorganisms and microbial information from Baijiu ecosystem by strain preservation center. The database contains three main functions:(1) Retrieval of cultivated microorganisms in Baijiu:the information of cultivated microorganisms in Baijiu can be retrieved by the strain name, isolated locations, the medium and the metabolites, so as to obtain the detailed physiological, biochemical and taxonomic information of the microorganisms. (2) Retrieval of media information:medium information including culture composition and preparation methods can be retrieved by specific components, culture media numbers and names. (3) Data update:online uploading information of new cultivated microorganisms and media.[Results] At present, a total of 1221 kinds of culturable microorganisms and 295 kinds of medium information are collected in the CMBaijiu. The website of CMBaijiu is http://cmbaijiu.i-sanger.com/. [Conclusion] CMBaijiu is the first database of cultivated microbial information in Chinese Baijiu industry and could be help for the study of cultivated microorganisms in Baijiu.