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The bacterial diversity of sour soup was studied by high-throughput sequencing. A total of 10 phyla and 89 genera were detected. Firmicutes was the dominant phylum of sour soup, accounting for 87.14\u201398.57%. The genus structure of normal sour soup was relatively simple, and Lactobacillus (78.05\u201390.26%) was the dominant genus. In addition to Lactobacillus, the foul-smelling sour soup contained more Pediococcus spp., Caproiciproducens spp., and Clostridium-sensu-stricto12 spp. (relative abundance &gt;1%) than the normal sour soup. A total of 51 aroma compounds were detected by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-IMS), including 25 esters, 8 terpenes, 8 alcohols, 3 sulfur compounds, 2 acids, 2 ketones, 1 pyrazine, 1 monoterpene and 1 aldehyde. According to the relative odour active value (ROAV) calculation, 51 important flavour-contributing substances and 7 flavour-coordinating substances were determined. The esters with the highest relative percentages and ROAV values provided the pleasant flavour of the sour soup. In the foul-smelling sour soup, the ROAV values of 1,8-cineole, isobutyl acetate, ethyl butanoate, ethyl octanoate-M, and ethyl hexanoate-M decreased, while those of diallyl disulfide-M and diallyl disulfide-D, which were probably responsible for the foul flavour, increased. Through Pearson correlation analysis, the odour production of the foul-smelling soup was determined to be related to Pediococcus spp., Caproiciproducens spp., Clostridiumsensu_stricto_12 spp., Oscillibacter spp., Bacteroides spp., Fibaculaceae_unclassified spp., Acinetobacter spp. and Halomonas spp.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms8091270","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,21]],"date-time":"2020-08-21T09:21:51Z","timestamp":1598001711000},"page":"1270","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["The Role of the Bacterial Community in Producing a Peculiar Smell in Chinese Fermented Sour Soup"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Liangjing","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinyuan","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xi","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Libiao","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaoyong","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiangyang","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"11","article-title":"The Application and Development of Miao\u2019s Sour Diet Culture in Guizhou","volume":"1","author":"Huo","year":"2020","journal-title":"J. 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