Metatranscriptomics Unravel Composition, Drivers, and Functions of the Active Microorganisms in Light-Flavor Liquor Fermentation

There is an urgent need for discovering the diversity and functions of the active microbial community in solid-state fermentation, especially in the pit of Chinese distilled liquor fermentation. Although the genetic composition of the microbial community has been clarified frequently by DNA-based sequencing, the composition and functions of the active microbial community have not been systematically revealed so far.