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<p>For the gold medal “Demonstrate your work” requirement, we have shown that we can recreate kombucha from scratch by adding isolated strains of microbes to tea media. Our tea media, made with water, black tea, and sucrose, simulates the starting mixture used to brew kombucha. We have performed extensive recapitulation trials to determine which strains of yeast and bacteria are necessary for brewing kombucha. Cataloguing these vital strains is a necessary step toward modifying the starting population to create a “designer beverage” with a variety of properties that could benefit kombucha consumers and manufacturers outside the lab. </p>
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*Identified strains of bacteria and yeast using rRNA gene sequencing.
 
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*Determined that the microbe <i>Ga. hansenii</i> is essential for the fermentation of kombucha.
 
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*Determined that two distinct strains of the yeast <i>Lachancea fermentati</i> are necessary for the fermentation of kombucha, including one that appears to produce high quantities of C02.
 
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<P> During the fermentation process, yeast in kombucha produce ethanol, the type of alcohol present in beer, wine, and other alcoholic beverages. This presents a challenge to kombucha brewers who wish to market their product as a non-alcoholic beverage. If the alcohol content of a manufacturer’s kombucha exceeds 0.5% at any point during production, the manufacturer may not market their beverage as non-alcoholic and must be regulated as a producer of alcoholic beverages.<sup>1</sup> One way to tackle this problem with synthetic biology is to ferment with yeast that produce less ethanol. However, this may be impractical. Some bacteria in the SCOBY oxidize ethanol produced by the yeast to produce acetic acid, which is a major component of the beverage’s distinctive, tart flavor. </p>
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*Found literature describing sequences for genes involved in the metabolism of ethanol to acetic acid in the bacterium <i>Ga. hansenii</i>.
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<p>Many of the microorganisms involved in the fermentation of kombucha produce acidic metabolites that lower the pH of the culture. Using pH-sensitive promoters to control the expression of reporter proteins, such as GFP or a chromoprotein, would allow visualization of the pH change. The promoters Cpx, P-atp2, and Cadc were selected as pH sensors to indicate pH in the neutral, basic, and acidic ranges, respectively.<sup>1,3,5,6</sup> These constructs have been or will be transformed into <i>Escherichia coli</i> to confirm pH sensitivity prior to introduction to kombucha and to see if these constructs could be utilized as sensors in mediums besides kombucha.</p>
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Demonstrate

For the gold medal “Demonstrate your work” requirement, we have shown that we can recreate kombucha from scratch by adding isolated strains of microbes to tea media. Our tea media, made with water, black tea, and sucrose, simulates the starting mixture used to brew kombucha. We have performed extensive recapitulation trials to determine which strains of yeast and bacteria are necessary for brewing kombucha. Cataloguing these vital strains is a necessary step toward modifying the starting population to create a “designer beverage” with a variety of properties that could benefit kombucha consumers and manufacturers outside the lab.

Click the images below to learn more about our results!

Kombucha Strains

Conjugation

Recapitulation

Ethanol

pH

Gellan Gum