Microbiota analysis on fermented foods using next generation sequencer

―Digging complex microbiota of fermented foods―

Abstract

Diversity of bacteria inhabiting in natural fermented foods has been studied. Notably, recent development on next generation sequencer has shed light on complex microbiota of those fermented foods. In this review, we discuss the validity of pyrotag method to analyze microbiota of fermented foods by citing several publications, especially, our own studies on fermented rice bran, nukadoko.