Resumen de Application of MALDI-TOF-MS and nested SAPD-PCR for discrimination of "Oenococcus oeni" isolates at the strain level
Anna Petri, Andreas Rabenstein, Jan Kuever, Helmut König
Oenococcus oeni is the most important lactic acid bacterium during vinification and is frequently used as a commercial starter culture for malolactic fermentation. Since different strains exhibit a high heterogeneity concerning wine-related physiological characteristics, reliable methods for their differentiation at the strain level are needed, especially for the development of starter cultures. Microbial identification by using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) has increased over the last few years. In the present study, we used MALDI-TOF-MS for the differentiation of 11 O. oeni isolates originating from 5 different wine-growing regions. Furthermore, these strains were analyzed by a DNA fingerprinting method (nested specifically amplified polymorphic DNA (nSAPD)-PCR). Both methods supplied fast and reproducible results allowing a reliable differentiation of the O. oeni strains studied. MALDI-TOF-MS showed a slightly higher discriminatory ability, since two genetically very similar strains could be separated only by the application of this technique. However, nSAPD-PCR and the subsequent cluster analysis permitted a correlation between genetic similarities and the geographical origin of the strains.
