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In this study, six commercial products were comparatively characterized using electronic nose and tongue analyses, GC-MS, full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing, metabolomics, and lipidomics. Among the six sampled products, Group F exhibited distinct aroma and taste profiles and showed a greater diversity and higher measured levels of volatile compounds on a wet-weight basis, with 1-octen-3-ol, hexanal, nonanal, and (E)-4-decenal among its prominent aroma-active compounds. Bacterial community structures differed significantly among the sampled products, with distinct species-level profiles; notably, Edwardsiella piscicida predominated in Group D, whereas Staphylococcus equorum and Staphylococcus xylosus were abundant in Groups E and F. Metabolomic and lipidomic analyses further revealed pronounced product-specific differences, particularly in organic acid- and amino acid-related metabolites and in glycerolipid and glycerophospholipid profiles. Exploratory correlations suggested potential product-level associations among bacterial taxa, lipid and metabolite profiles, and aroma-active volatiles, although none remained statistically significant after FDR correction. Overall, the results reveal coordinated differences in flavor, bacterial communities, metabolites, and lipids among the six commercial dry-cured grass carp products examined in this study and provide a compositional basis for further investigation of flavor formation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/foods15193547","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,5]],"date-time":"2026-10-05T10:02:27Z","timestamp":1791194547000},"page":"3547","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis Reveals Associations Between Flavor Variation, Bacterial Communities, Metabolites, and Lipids in Commercial Dry-Cured Grass Carp"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Tianxiao","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, China"},{"name":"First Affiliated Hospital, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"writing-original-draft","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Ji","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Food Science and Technology, SKL of Marine Food Processing & Safety Control, Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, National Engineering Research Center of Seafood, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Xuhui","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Food Science and Technology, SKL of Marine Food Processing & Safety Control, Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, National Engineering Research Center of Seafood, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"resources","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Lili","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, China"},{"name":"College of Food and Health, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, China"},{"name":"Liaoning Provincial Professional Technology Innovation Center of Meat Processing and Quality-Safety Control, Jinzhou 121001, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"funding-acquisition","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Xuechen","family":"Pei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, China"},{"name":"College of Food and Health, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, China"},{"name":"Liaoning Provincial Professional Technology Innovation Center of Meat Processing and Quality-Safety Control, Jinzhou 121001, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"validation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-original-draft","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1354","DOI":"10.1111\/jwas.12990","article-title":"The environmental impact and development direction of grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, aquaculture","volume":"54","author":"Liu","year":"2023","journal-title":"J. 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