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Black Tea Quality is Highly Affected during Processing by its Leaf Surface Microbiome.

Wei Tong¹, Jie Yu^1,2, Qiong Wu¹

¹State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China.

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

|June 21, 2021

Summary

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Tea processing significantly alters microbial communities on tea leaves. Surface sterilization impacts bacterial and fungal populations, affecting key metabolites like catechins and theanine in black tea.

Keywords:

black tea microbial community surface sterilization tea processing tea quality

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Area of Science:

Microbiology
Food Science
Agricultural Science

Background:

Microbial communities play a crucial role in the quality of fermented products, including tea.
Understanding the microbial dynamics during tea processing is essential for optimizing quality and yield.

Purpose of the Study:

To characterize bacterial and fungal populations during black and green tea manufacturing.
To investigate the impact of tea processing steps and surface sterilization on microbial community structure.
To assess the influence of microbes on key tea metabolites.

Main Methods:

Microbial community profiling of tea leaves during processing.
Surface sterilization of fresh tea leaves.
Analysis of key metabolites (caffeine, theanine, catechins) using analytical chemistry techniques.

Main Results:

Tea leaves harbor diverse bacterial (Proteobacteria, Bacteriodetes, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria) and fungal (Ascomycetes) communities.
Processing steps significantly altered microbial structures, with notable differences between sterilized and unsterilized samples.
Surface sterilization removed most phylloplane bacteria (e.g., *Sphingomonas*, *Methylobacteria*) and fungi (except *Debaryomyces*).
Black tea processing with sterilization led to a dramatic decrease in total catechins and theanine.

Conclusions:

Tea processing steps are major drivers of bacterial and fungal community structure.
Specific phylloplane microbes are removed by surface sterilization.
Surface microbes may be critical for the formation of catechins and theanine during black tea processing.