AUTHOR=Wang Xiaoyu , Yang Shuai , Gao Qiang , Dai Youqing , Tian Lei , Wen Liang , Yan Honghao , Yang Long , Hou Xin , Liu Peng , Zhang Li TITLE=Multi-omics reveals the phyllosphere microbial community and material transformations in cigars JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=Volume 15 - 2024 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1436382 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2024.1436382 ISSN=1664-302X ABSTRACT=The quality of fermented plant leaves is closely related to the interleaf microorganisms and their metabolic activities. In this experiment, a multi-omics analysis was applied to investigate the link between the structural composition of the phyllosphere microbial community and the main metabolites during the fermentation process. It was found that the whole fermentation process of cigar leaves could be divided into three stages, in which the Mid-Stage was the most active period of microbial metabolic activities and occupied an important position. Staphylococcus, Brevundimonas,