Abstract
AbstractSilage produced in tropical countries is prone to spoilage because of high humidity and temperature. Therefore, determining indigenous bacteria as potential inoculants is important to improve silage quality. This study aimed to determine bacterial community and functional changes associated with ensiling using amplicon metagenomics and to predict potential bacterial additives associated with silage quality in the Malaysian climate. Silages of two forage crops (sweet corn and Napier) were prepared, and their fermentation properties and functional bacterial communities were analysed. After ensiling, both silages were predominated by lactic acid bacteria (LAB), and they exhibited good silage quality with significant increment in lactic acid, reductions in pH and water-soluble carbohydrates, low level of acetic acid and the absence of propionic and butyric acid. LAB consortia consisting of homolactic and heterolactic species were proposed to be the potential bacterial additives for sweet corn and Napier silage fermentation. Tax4fun functional prediction revealed metabolic pathways related to fermentation activities (bacterial division, carbohydrate transport and catabolism, and secondary metabolite production) were enriched in ensiled crops (p < 0.05). These results might suggest active transport and metabolism of plant carbohydrates into a usable form to sustain bacterial reproduction during silage fermentation, yielding metabolic products such as lactic acid. This research has provided a comprehensive understanding of bacterial communities before and after ensiling, which can be useful for desirable silage fermentation in Malaysia.
Funder
Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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