Fig. 5: Carbohydrate metabolic pathways and gene expression profiles of Leuconostoc starter strains during kimchi fermentation.
From: Unravelling the key factors for the dominance of Leuconostoc starters during kimchi fermentation
a Reconstructed carbohydrate metabolic pathways of Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Leuconostoc citreum, Weissella cibaria, and Weissella koreensis. The pathways are represented by different colours depending on the presence (P) and/or absence (A) of genes in each strain, as depicted in the table inside the figure. b Expression levels of genes in Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Leuconostoc citreum, Weissella cibaria, and Weissella koreensis in response to carbohydrate availability. Arabic numbers and KO numbers are positioned close to the lines in a reconstructed pathways and to b the heatmap, showing the expression levels of each gene across the strains. The kimchi samples inoculated with strains WiKim32, WiKim33, WiKim0121, and CBA3628, and saline solution were labelled as 'W32', 'W33', 'W0121', 'C3628', and 'CTR', respectively.
